An Adamawa State High Court sitting in Yola has voided the local government and state congresses conducted by the African Democratic Congress (ADC).
The court declared that those who conducted the exercise breached due process.
The ruling followed a suit filed by the Adamawa State chairman of the party before the congresses, Shehu Yohanna, who accused the organisers of failing to comply with established procedures.
Delivering his judgment, Justice Isa Ahmed of the High Court held that the congresses violated Section 84(4) of the Electoral Act and Article 18 of the ADC Constitution.
He also ruled that the defendants relied on a self-imposed procedure rather than party and legal guidelines.
The judge consequently nullified all congresses, which were in any case conducted after the court had ordered that they be suspended.
“Actions taken in defiance of court orders cannot stand,” the justice declared.
