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ADC members block Abuja court, demand certified true copy of leadership dispute judgment [VIDEO]
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ADC members block Abuja court, demand certified true copy of leadership dispute judgment [VIDEO]
Those decisions included the list of candidates the party submitted for the 2027 general elections, and the primary that threw up former Vice President Atiku Abubakar as the presidential flagbearer of the ADC.
Since the judgment was delivered, the ADC candidates have been trying to get the Certified True Copy, CTC, of the judgment so they can challenge it at the Court of Appeal.
But according to them, the court registry has refused to release it.
Speaking to journalists at the protest ground, a former Acting Chairman of the ADC in the Federal Capital Territory, Yusuf Shehu Tijani, called the judgment a sham.
He accused Justice Lifu of deliberately sitting on the judgment to stop the party from appealing in time.
“Justice Lifu is holding on to the sham judgment he said he passed. He should send the CTC, so that we can get it and appeal the judgment,” Tijani said.
Tijani added that the Supreme Court had already settled the issue of Mark’s leadership in favour of the party, and wondered why a lower court would go against it.
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Before the protest, the candidates had written a letter dated November 10 to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho.
In the letter, they said their lawyer applied for the CTC immediately after the judgment was delivered on November 5 and paid all the required fees.
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However, five days later, they had not been given the document, even though their lawyer had been going to the registry every day.
“We disagree with the judgment. We have a constitutional right to appeal it. But we cannot appeal what we do not have,” the candidates said in the letter.
They said the delay is against Section 294(1) of the 1999 Constitution, which allows parties in a case access to copies of court decisions.
They also warned that if the judgment is kept back until the election timetable runs out, they will lose their chance to appeal.
The candidates asked the Chief Judge to order the Registrar to release the CTC within 24 hours, and not later than Wednesday, November 11.
At the protest, the ADC members also asked the National Judicial Council, NJC, to step into the matter, saying copies of their petition would be taken to the United States Embassy and the United Nations to seek intervention.
Watch video:
VIDEO: ADC members protest the delayed release of the court judgment sacking the Mark-led National Working Committee (NWC), expressing dissatisfaction over the delay in making the ruling available. https://t.co/Tpinb6B8Oo
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