{"id":127429,"date":"2026-06-05T07:23:33","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:23:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=127429"},"modified":"2026-06-05T07:23:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T06:23:33","slug":"adc-leadership-tussle-chieftain-urges-court-to-stop-judges-involved-in-suit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/adc-leadership-tussle-chieftain-urges-court-to-stop-judges-involved-in-suit\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC leadership tussle:\u00a0 Chieftain urges court to stop judges involved in suit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By John Azu<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) has asked a Federal High Court in Abuja to disqualify Justice Peter Lifu from conducting the hearing in the suit by a national officer of the party Nafiu Bala Gombe.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">In the suit with number: FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/1165\/2026, Nkemakolam Ukandu joined the National Judicial Council (NJC); the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho and justice Peter Lifu as defendants in the suit.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukandu is asking the court to make an order that it is the responsibility of the NJC to investigate complaints against judicial officers and mete out sanctions accordingly, and to direct it to investigate corruption allegations against Tsoho and Lifu with regard to the suit.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He also seeks an order restraining Justice Lifu from continuing to preside over the suit pending the hearing and determination of the petition to the NJC against him and Justice Tsoho.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Justice Emeka Nwite had in May adjourned indefinitely the suit by Gombe challenging the David Mark-led executive of the party after he (Gombe) requested the reassignment of the matter to another judge.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, following Tsoho\u2019s nomination of Lifu to hear the matter afresh in line with the Supreme Court\u2019s order of April 30 setting aside the interlocutory ruling of the Court of Appeal for status quo ante bellum on the leadership dispute of the party, the chieftain alleged corruption and bias against the judges, describing them as \u201cWike judges\u201d.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ukandu said, as a party in the suit, his lawyer, Kalu Kalu Agu, was not served with the hearing notice of the proceedings of 3rd of June, 2026.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cThat the 3rd Defendant (Lifu) on his part, pretending not to see the order of his brother judge, Hon. 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