APGA Leadership Tussle: Party Urges Supreme Court to Take Quick Action
- The Supreme Court of Nigeria has been urged to help the All Progressives Grand Alliance end the leadership crisis rocking the party
- The appeal was made on behalf of APGA by the party's national vice chairman for the Southwest, Lateef Ogidan
- Ogidan said it is important that the apex court writes the police and INEC to make its stance known on who the court recognises as the authentic national chairman of the party
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The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) has called the Supreme Court to write to the Nigeria Police and the Independent National Electoral Commission following the leadership tussle wrecking the party.
A statement by APGA's national vice chairman, Southwest, Lateef Ogidan, said it is important for the apex court to officially communicate to the Inspector General of Police and INEC its stance concerning a letter addressed to the electoral commission by the chief registrar of the Supreme Court, Hajo Bello.
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Trouble started after the party's national chairman, Edozie Njoku, had written to the Supreme Court, raising an error by the court in one of its judgements which listed Victor Oye as APGA's chairman rather than Njoku.
Referring to the suit with a number JDU/022/2021 at Jigawa, Njoku addressed the court while relying on Order 8 Rule 16 of the Supreme Court to advance his case.
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Following his letter, the Supreme Court, on May 9, 2022, saw merit in his claim and amended the judgment by removing Victor Oye’s name and replacing it with Njoku’s name.
Furthermore, the lead judgement following the amendment by the court read:
"It needs to be stated at this point that the dispute being who should be the Acting National Chairman of the 1st Respondent APGA and whether the Chairman, Chief Edozie Njoku was validly replaced are within the confines of the internal affair of the 1st Respondent which is not justiciable."
In a swift move, Njoku wrote to INEC, calling their attention to the decision of the apex court, and the commission requested the Enrolment Order of the amended judgment.
However, in a twist of fate, Ogidan said from July 15, 2022, to date, INEC has yet to officially respond to any of the letters written to them seeking to recognise Njoku based on the amended judgment.
He said:
"By July 19, 2022, the Police invited Chief Edozie Njoku via a letter with Reference No. CR.3000/X/FHQ/ABJ/T.2/VOL260/11 to the FCID signed by DCP Garba Ahmed (Deputy Commissioner of Police, Admin)."
The same goes with the police, as Ogidan lamented.
He said:
"Despite Hon Justice Odili’s amended Judgment, in November, 2022, the Police filed criminal charges against Njoku in (Charge No: CR/12/2022) at the FCT Court 40 Bwari presided over by Justice Mohammed Madugu. A Bench Warrant of arrest was slammed on Njoku.
"However, it was vacated and he was sent to Suleja prison for two days. Afterwards, he was also granted bail on self-recognition."
He further added that to settle the confusion, which the August 1, 2022 letter of the chief registrar has created, the Supreme Court must send an official correspondence to the police IGP and the chairman of INEC.
Ogidan noted that retracting Bello's letter would permanently rest the matter in Suit No: SC/CV/687/2021.
Showdown for Victor Oye as Supreme Court reaffirms Njoku as APGA's national chairman
The Supreme Court of Nigeria reaffirmed the chairmanship of the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Edozie Njoku.
In a letter signed by Hajo Sarki Bello, the chief registrar of the apex court on behalf of the Chief Justice of Nigeria, the Supreme Court said that Victor Oye's name was erroneously mentioned as the chairman of the party instead of Njoku as the actually suspended chairman of APGA.
The letter dated Thursday, January 19, was seen by Legit.ng and addressed to the national chairman of the party.
The court in the letter also advised Njoku to file before it, a necessary application under order 8 rule 16 of its rule seeking a correction to the accidental slip in its judgement.
APGA issues strong warning to Governor Soludo over plans to convene illegal stakeholders' meeting
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra state had earlier been warned against convening a party's stakeholders' meeting without approval from the national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance.
The warning was issued to the Anambra state governor by the national secretary of APGA Muhyideen Imam, on behalf of the party.
Imam said any meeting held without approval from APGA's national chairman Edozie Njoku is regarded as illegal.
Source: Legit.ng
