June 16, 2026
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri
Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, declined to recuse himself from the suit seeking to remove the Senator David Mark-led executives of the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The judge, who had on Monday delivered a controversial judgment directing the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to deregister the ADC and four other political parties over failure to meet constitutional requirements, said there was no cogent and verifiable reason why he should hand off the case against the Senator Mark-led executives of the ADC.
Consequently, he fixed June 23 for accelerated hearing of the suit filed by a former national deputy chairman (North-East) of the ADC, Nafiu Bala Gombe, who is challenging the legality of the Senator Mark-led Caretaker Committee of the party.
