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