The Supreme Court will on Thursday at 2pm deliver judgments in the three appeals over the leadership disputes in the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
Expectations are high as the judgements would determine, to a larger extent, whether opposition parties or the coalition would be on the ballot for the next year’s election.
It was learnt on Wednesday that the apex court’s registry has since commiummited the information to lawyers to parties.
A five-member panel of the court, presided over by Justice Mohammed Garba had, after hearing the appeals on April 22 announced that the dates of judgments would be communicated to lawyers to parties.
The first appeal heard on April 22 was the one marked: SC/CV/164/2026 filed by the PDP against the Court of Appeal’s March 9 decision, which affirmed the November 14, 2025 judgment by Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
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In the judgment, Justice Lifu, among others, barred the PDP from proceeding with the Ibadan national convention without accommodating the ex-governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, who said he wanted to contest the post of the National Chairman, but was prevented from obtaining the form.
The second appeal, marked:SC/CV/166/2026 was filed by the PDP, its National Working Committee (NWC) and National Executive Committee (NEC) against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja also delivered on March 9, which affirmed the earlier decision by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
Justice Omotosho had, in the October 31, 2025 judgment, among others, issued an order restraining the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising the outcome of the Ibadan national convention of the PDP on the grounds that conditions precedent were not met by the party.
The apex court also heard the cross appeals filed by some respondents in both appeals.
The third appeal was filed by the National Chairman of the ADC, David Mark in relation to the leadership dispute in the party.
Mark’s appeal, marked: SC/CV/180/2026 is against the March 12 judgment of the Court of Appeal, which dismissed his appeal against the September 4, 2025 ruling by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court in Abuja refusing to grant some injunctive reliefs contained in an ex-parte motion filed by a chieftain of the party, Nafiu Bala Gombe, who is challenging Mark’s leadership of the ADC.
