97 Lawyers Line Up To Defend ADC, Mark, Aregbesola Against APCs Fake Lawsuit

<blockquote><b>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has assembled a team of 97 lawyers to challenge what it describes as the All Progressives Congress (APC)s fake lawsuit against its interim leadership, including former Senate President David Mark and former Minister Rauf Aregbesola.<br></b><br>The legal team, led by Barrister Mohammed Sheriff, made this known in Abuja on Tuesday, accusing the ruling APC of filing a suit using the names of individuals who are not members of the ADC.<br><br>This development follows a stakeholders meeting in Abuja between Senator Mark, who is now the ADCs Interim National Chairman, and the partys Kogi State chapter.<br><br><b>We Are Equal Stakeholders</b><br>At the meeting, Mark assured Nigerians that under his leadership, the ADC would operate with total transparency and would not favour any presidential aspirant.<br><br><b>I dont own this party more than any other member All Nigerians must come together and take ownership of the ADC, he said.</b><br><br><b>He urged party members to set aside their differences and focus on building a united political force, warning that Nigerias democracy could fail if citizens remained passive.<br><br>The ADC chairman also criticised the APC, saying the ruling party should focus on fixing its own policy failures rather than targeting individuals.</b><br><br>If they admitted that insecurity was bad and promised to improve it but instead made it worse, should Nigerians continue to support them' The answer is no, he said.<br><br><b>APC Accused of Machiavellian Politics</b><br><b>The ADC alleged that the APC had fabricated names in its lawsuit against the partys interim leadership.<br><br>According to the ADC, investigations showed that the supposed plaintiffs in the suit were not registered members of the party in either Kogi or Nasarawa State.<br></b><br><br>ADC slams Tinubu over Nigerias exclusion from US-Africa trade talks<br><b>It smacks of desperation that a party entrusted with leading 200 million Nigerians would engage in such dishonesty,</b> the party said.<br><br>Mark used the occasion to call for national unity and encouraged Nigerians to support the ADCs vision of a reformed and people-centred democracy.<br><br><b>Let us work together to rebuild this nation for future generations, he urged.<br></b><br>Barrister Sheriff, head of the ADCs national legal support team, confirmed that 97 lawyers had volunteered to take up the case.</blockquote><br><a rel=ugc href="https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/07/97-lawyers-line-up-to-defend-adc-mark-aregbesola-against-apcs-fake-lawsuit/">https://www.vanguardngr.com/2025/07/97-lawyers-line-up-to-defend-adc-mark-aregbesola-against-apcs-fake-lawsuit/</a>
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