Purported Court Restraining Order On Our Leaders Fake — ADC

The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has urged members of the public to ignore a purported order of a Federal High Court restraining the party’s new national leaders from taking office.

A statement on Wednesday by the spokesman of the ADC, Bolaji Abdullahi, described as fake the court document being circulated in the social media.

THE WHISTLER reported on Wednesday that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had officially recognised the David Mark – led national leadership of the party.

However, barely 24 hours after the report, a former ADC Deputy National Chairman, Nafiu Bala, restated his claim to the chairmanship of the party.

Bala had backed his claim with the disputed court document, purporting that the court had restrained the Mark-led national executive from taking office.

But Abdullahi said contrary to Bala’s claim, the Federal High Court in Abuja did not issue any order restraining Senator David Mark and Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola from acting as the party’s National Chairman and National Secretary.

He added that the court, in its ruling on September 4, 2025, refused the ex-parte application filed Bala.

According to him, instead the court, presided over by Justice
Emeka Nwite, ordered that the defendants be put on notice, appear to show cause why the application should not be granted

Abdullahi said the court adjourned the matter to Monday, September 15, 2025, which is next week.

The party noted that resorting to fake news has become the last resort of those it called “desperate political jobbers who had been disappointed by INEC’s decision to stand on the side of the Nigerian people by acknowledging the leadership change in the party.”

The ADC also said the judge directed that the matter proceed with due process, urging the media and the public to beware of fake news and to verify information to avoid misleading Nigerians.

The party said, “The ruling, delivered by Hon. Justice Emeka Nwite on September 4, 2025, clearly stated the following four orders:

“That the Plaintiff/Applicant’s application dated and filed on September 2, 2025, is refused.

“That the Plaintiff/Applicant is hereby directed to put the Defendants on notice.

“That the Defendants/Respondents are ordered to appear before this Honourable Court to show cause why the application should not be granted.

“That the case is adjourned to September 15, 2025, for the Defendants/Respondents to show cause.”

The ADC further stated that the Order was duly signed and issued by the presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, and certified by the Registrar of the Federal High Court, Kasope Kafayat Bola.

“Having failed to stop INEC from acknowledging the leadership change in ADC, the political jobbers are now resorting to fake news.

“This goes to show that these agents of destablisation will stop at nothing, including misrepresenting court rulings, in their desperate efforts to sow confusion and further undermine opposition parties.

“In this regard, the leadership of the ADC urges members of the press and the general public to be vigilant and be wary of fake news and inaccurate reports characteristic of the ruling party and their agents,” the party added.

Purported Court Restraining Order On Our Leaders Fake — ADC is first published on The Whistler Newspaper