Party stakeholders of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) have requested the national leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the presidency to respond to the allegation of mounting pressure on the Supreme Court to deliver judgment against the opposition coalition party on the leadership tussle before the Apex Court.

They maintained that the APC and the presidency have explanations to give to Nigerians on the alleged leakage of the Supreme Court’s decision as well as the pressure on the Justices of the Supreme Court to give an unfavourable decision against ADC.

The stakeholders, under the auspices of Grassroots for Mobilisation Network (GMN), made the request in Abuja on Sunday through it’s spokesperson, Mr Peter Emeka.
In a press statement they issued, the spokesperson noted that, “the whole world is watching the ongoing shenanigans about the fate of opposition parties in the country.”

He further argued that such weighty allegations “should not be swept under the carpet,” adding that, “It is surprising that, up to this moment, the APC and the presidency has not responded to the allegation, which in itself, suggests admission that the information is correct.”

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He equally referenced what he called recent public outcry after “the Presidency ordered a member of the House of Representatives to remain in the party and scatter it,” describing the utterance as an abuse of office and “a threat to our democracy.”

“If the APC and the presidency do not come forward and address the allegations of interference, then the country is doomed,” he quipped.

Several online platforms reported on Saturday that the presidency was mounting pressure on Supreme Court justices to alter the judgment in favour of Nafiu Bala, a claimant in the ADC leadership dispute.

While responding to the reports, he warned that such actions would “lead to collapse of the judiciary,” appealing to the international community to intervene over what he described as “an abuse of power and total disregard for the rule of law.”

Several legal experts have cautioned that the judiciary should stay out of political disputes as provided in the Electoral Act. “Internal crisis of any political party is an internal affair of the party, which the Supreme Court has severally dealt with,” Emeka further added, noting that past judgments had held party leadership disputes as non justiciable.