Supreme Court to hear leadership dispute case April 22 – PDP reveals

The Peoples Democratic Party has said the Supreme Court volition perceive its enactment quality lawsuit connected April 22, 2026, pursuing an exertion for accelerated hearing.

The improvement was disclosed successful a connection shared connected April 14, 2026, connected the authoritative leafage of the party.

According to the statement, the entreaty challenging a judgement of the Court of Appeal was archetypal heard astatine the Supreme Court of Nigeria, wherever counsel to the Kabiru Turaki-led faction, Chris Uche, applied for a shorter timeline to accelerated way the case.

The connection noted that counsel to the respondents, including the Independent National Electoral Commission, did not reason the exertion but requested clip to record their briefs.

“The Court granted the petition and abridged clip to 5 days for the Respondents to record their Respondent’s Brief,” the connection said.

It added that each processes are to beryllium filed connected oregon earlier April 21, with the substance fixed for definite proceeding connected April 22.

In a related lawsuit involving Sule Lamido, the enactment said the Supreme Court besides granted a akin exertion for accelerated hearing, with the substance arsenic sch...