Appeal Court judgment: Evidence was concocted in deregistration suit – ADC
The ruling also addressed the status of the party’s elected representatives, with the ADC saying the appellate court rejected the trial court’s conclusion that its lawmakers had defected to another political party, holding that no evidence was presented to support such a finding despite affidavit evidence showing the party had elected representatives, including three members from Kogi State.
By Luminous Jannamike The African Democratic Congress, ADC, on Tuesday hailed the Court of Appeal’s unanimous decision overturning the Federal High Court judgment ordering its deregistration, saying the appellate court found that trial judge, Justice Peter Lifu, had ‘concocted evidence’ in favour of the plaintiffs.
It would be recalled that despite affidavit evidence showing that the ADC had returned elected representatives, including three members from Kogi State, the trial court concluded that those members had defected to another political party, even though no evidence whatsoever of any such defection existed before the court,” Abdullahi stated.
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