The aggrieved officials are challenging decisions by the NWC led by David Mark, particularly the formation of committees to oversee state primary elections slated for April.

According to the State Working Committees, the NWC overstepped its authority by setting up these committees, insisting that the responsibility for organising state congresses and primaries lies solely with state executive bodies under the party’s constitution.

In a suit filed at the Federal High Court in Abuja, the plaintiffs are seeking an order to halt the planned primaries, along with an injunction to stop the exercise until the court resolves the matter.

They are also asking the court to determine whether the interim or caretaker committee set up by the NWC has the legal backing to conduct state primaries, questioning the legitimacy of appointing congress committees outside constitutional provisions.

Another major issue in the case is the tenure of the current state executives. The plaintiffs maintain that their four-year mandate remains valid until properly concluded through duly conducted congresses and a national convention.

The suit, filed by Don Norma Obinna and six others on behalf of the chairmen, lists the ADC, its NWC chairman David Mark, the Independent National Electoral Commission, and other parties as defendants.

Among their demands, the plaintiffs want the court to restrain the defendants from interfering with the duties and tenure of state executives, and to declare the appointment of congress committee members by the caretaker NWC as unconstitutional, null, and void.