The Supreme Court of Nigeria will on Tuesday hear separate appeals arising from leadership disputes in two opposition parties, the African Democratic Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.
The appeal by embattled ADC National Chairman, David Mark, is slated for hearing alongside that of the Governor Seyi Makinde-backed factional leadership of the PDP, led by Tanimu Turaki (SAN), both challenging judgments of the Court of Appeal of Nigeria.
The PDP crisis is headed for judicial resolution at the apex court, as the Turaki-led faction is challenging the appellate court decision, which nullified its national convention and leadership structure.
The faction had insisted that the judgment, if allowed to stand, would destabilise the party and had, therefore, approached the Supreme Court for a final determination of the dispute.
Mark, a former Senate President, is seeking an order to stay the execution of the March 12 appellate court judgment affecting the leadership of the ADC, pending the determination of his appeal.
A hearing notice in Appeal No: SC/CV/180/2026, between Mark and Nafiu-Bala Gombe and four others, is fixed for April 14 for the proceeding. The notice, issued through the litigation department of the apex court, was sighted in Abuja.
The notice, issued through the litigation department of the apex court, was sighted in Abuja on Sunday.
