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The National Secretary of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Rauf Aregbesola, has filed a motion asking Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court in Abuja to withdraw from the suit challenging the legitimacy of the Senator David Mark-led leadership of the party.
The development comes as Justice Lifu fixed today, June 3, for the first hearing in the case.
Justice Lifu took over the suit, originally filed by a former Deputy National Chairman of the APC, Nafiu Bala Gombe, after the plaintiff successfully pushed for the previous judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, to step down over allegations of bias.
In the motion filed by his lawyer, Mohammed Sheriff, Aregbesola stated that his request for the judge’s recusal is hinged on lack of confidence in the court.
The applicant argued that the 1999 Constitution guarantees every litigant a hearing before an independent and impartial panel. He stressed that certain circumstances have arisen
