The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has dismissed media studies claiming {that a} Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja granted an injunction restraining Senator David Mark and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola from serving because the occasion’s nationwide chairman and nationwide secretary.
In an announcement on Thursday, signed by ADC Nationwide Publicity Secretary Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, the occasion clarified that the courtroom, presided over by Justice Emeka Nwite, declined to grant an ex parte utility filed by Hon. Nafiu Bala Gombe on September 4, 2025.
As a substitute, the choose ordered that the defendants be served discover and seem in courtroom to indicate trigger why the applying shouldn’t be granted. The matter was adjourned to September 15, 2025.
“The courtroom didn’t challenge any restraining order,” the assertion learn. “As a substitute, it adopted due course of and directed the events concerned to look and reply accordingly.”
The ADC described the studies as “faux information” unfold by “determined political jobbers” searching for to destabilize the occasion after failing to cease the Unbiased Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC) from recognizing its new management.
The occasion urged media organizations and the general public to be cautious about misinformation and misrepresentation of authorized proceedings, noting that every one courtroom orders have been duly signed by Justice Nwite and authorized by the courtroom registrar, Kasope Kafayat Bola.
