It would not have been the intention of the Court of Appeal, and neither does it serve the purpose of any trial for the pronouncement of the court to leave the leadership of a party in hostility leaderless, whilst the trial subsist in court. The court had the option of the existing pronouncement, “maintain the status quo ante bellum”( let parties stay where they were) or, pronounce Nafiu Bala as the Chairman or affirm David Mark as Chairman, a position Bala had gone to court to challenge. Thus, it is sheer irresponsibility and mischievous for the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to declare the leadership of ADC vacant when, indeed, the leadership of the party was not vacant, as the party had a leader before the declaration of hostility.
