The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has shifted hearing in an appeal challenging the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, Accord Party and three other political parties to July 7, 2026.
The appellate court on Thursday shifted the hearing from June 25, 2026, the earlier fixed date, to July 7, 2026, to enable the parties in the suit file and exchange their processes of arguments for full scale hearing.
At Thursday’s proceedings, Musibau Adetunbi, SAN, who stood for the Accord Party, informed the the three-member panel of justices of the court that the record of appeal and final judgment of the Federal High Court were just obtained on Monday and transmitted to the Court of Appeal as required by law.
The senior lawyer subsequently applied for a short adjournment to enable him and others in the matter file their briefs of argument and exchange same for the matter to be heard.
The application for adjournment was not opposed by all other parties, prompting Justice Abubakar Mohammed, presiding judge, to shift the hearing till July 7, 2026, by 2:00 pm.
Although, Adetunbi SAN applied for three days to file and exchange briefs of argument, Justice Mohammed said that some of the justices would be out of Abuja next week for a special session elsewhere and announced July 7, 2026, as the hearing date.
Justice Peter Odo Lifu of the Federal High Court had in a judgment ordered the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to deregister the ADC and four other political parties on the ground that they did not fulfill
