{"id":128037,"date":"2026-07-01T20:01:23","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:01:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=128037"},"modified":"2026-07-01T20:01:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T19:01:23","slug":"adc-crisis-mark-aregbesola-oppose-gombes-bid-to-amend-claims-against-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/adc-crisis-mark-aregbesola-oppose-gombes-bid-to-amend-claims-against-them\/","title":{"rendered":"ADC crisis: Mark, Aregbesola oppose Gombe&#8217;s bid to amend claims against them"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">By John Azu<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The National Chairman of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), David Mark and the National Secretary, Rauf Aregbesola, have opposed the fresh attempt by a chieftain of the party, Nafiu Bala Gombe to amend claims in the leadership suit filed against them.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Mark and Aregbesola argued before a Federal High Court in Abuja\u00a0 that allowing Gombe to file further amendments would lead to miscarriage of justice.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">At the resume hearing of the case on Tuesday, the former National Deputy Chairman, Gombe, through his counsel, Lukman Fagbemi (SAN), moved an application seeking amendments to the originating summons he filed against ADC, Mark, Aregbesola and others challenging their emergence as new national officers of the party.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Being the third amendments, Gombe insisted that he has right under the law to effect any amendments that would ensure he gets justice in his suit.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Gombe further predicated the proposed amendments on eight grounds and six paragraph affidavit, maintaining that the law backed his decision as long as judgement has not been delivered in the matter.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">However, David Mark represented by Dr Suleiman Umar (SAN) vehemently opposed the granting of the request on several grounds.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The senior lawyer claimed that &#8220;parties on record have already joined issues with each other,&#8221; stressing that accepting the sought amendments would give &#8220;undue and undeserved advantages to the plaintiff&#8221; having seen the strength of their\u00a0 defence already filed and served on him.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He urged the court to reject the application as it is detrimental to his client and natural justice.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">Aregbesola&#8217;s lawyer, Realwan Okpanachi alleged that Gombe had changed the characters of his case against the defendants in the new amendments sought to be approved for him by court.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The former governor of Osun State faulted Gombe&#8217;s claims about the new amendments, adding that contrary to his claims, &#8220;the National Executive Committee of the ADC changed the national leadership on July 29, 2025 during a NEC meeting.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">He requested the court to reject the proposal on the ground that &#8220;in the new claims, different documents and exhibits have been brought into the amendments.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">After taking arguments from parties, Justice Peter Lifu, fixed 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