The Court of Appeal in Abuja has adjourned until July 7 the hearing of an appeal challenging the deregistration of the African Democratic Congress, Accord Party and three other political parties.
The appellate court shifted the matter from June 25 to enable parties in the suit file and exchange their briefs of argument ahead of the substantive hearing.
At Thursday’s proceedings, counsel for the Accord Party, Musibau Adetunbi (SAN), informed the three-member panel led by Justice Abubakar Mohammed that the record of appeal and the judgment of the Federal High Court were only obtained on Monday and had since been transmitted to the appellate court.
The senior advocate subsequently sought a short adjournment to allow parties file and exchange their processes.
The application was not opposed by other parties in the suit, prompting the court to adjourn the matter until 2pm on July 7.
Although Adetunbi requested three days to
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