{"id":50301,"date":"2021-09-18T15:18:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:18:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/apga-disowns-edozie-njoku-as-party-national-chairman-insists-on-oye"},"modified":"2021-09-18T15:54:30","modified_gmt":"2021-09-18T14:54:30","slug":"apga-disowns-edozie-njoku-as-party-national-chairman-insists-on-oye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/apga-disowns-edozie-njoku-as-party-national-chairman-insists-on-oye","title":{"rendered":"APGA disowns Edozie Njoku as Party National Chairman, insists on Oye"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press<\/a> – Nigeria<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>The All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), has refuted viral claims of a court pronouncement affirming Chief Edozie Njoku as the party\u2019s national chairman.<\/p>\n

The All Progressive Grand Alliance is currently battling a leadership crisis that has led to the emergence of several factions, coupled with court litigations among each of the factions claiming to be the authentic elected national working committee (NWC) of the party.<\/p>\n

A party chieftain, Edozie Njoku had approached the federal high court and sought among other reliefs, a declaration of the court in his favour as the National Chairman of APGA.<\/p>\n

He also prayed the court to mandate Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to recognise him as the National Chairman of APGA and to stop recognizing Victor Ike Oye as the National Chairman of the party.<\/p>\n

However, APGA, in a statement by its Chairman in Imo State, John Iwuala, while clarifying the outcome of court proceedings in the matter between Oye and Njoku held Friday, said Njoku breached part rules by appearing in court with a new lawyer.<\/p>\n

\u201cTrouble started in the court when he, (Edozie Njoku) in his usual way brought a lawyer for APGA as against the National legal adviser of the party, Sly Ezenwoke Esq. The question now is: who is to represent APGA as lawyer among the duo? he asked.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter series of deliberations, the court later asked both lawyers to file briefs and decided to pronounce the authentic lawyer at the end of the matter on judgement. This decision did not go down well with Dr Oye and APGA, hence they approached the court of Appeal.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn Friday, 17 Sept. 202, the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division directed that the matter be sent back to the Federal High Court for continuation. There is nothing beyond this.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe court of Appeal has every right to invoke the authorities of Order 47 of the court of Appeal Act to assume jurisdiction as the court of first instance but didn\u2019t want to do so as the substance of the case has already been dealt with by three appeal court judgements via Kano, Awka and Enugu respectively.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt baffled the leadership of APGA Imo State Chapter how these fake news peddlers behave in a myopic way of feeding the public with fake news. This calls for a cry of reasoning and ecology of reasonableness.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt must be recalled that this matter emanated from Bauchi State, where the plaintiff and his co-travellers went for \u201cforum shopping\u2019 to deceive the judge who on sighting danger that both plaintiff and defendant are same persons, sponsored by the same person, just trying to mislead the court, washed his hands off from it, the case was transferred to Abuja and Dr Victor Ike Oye was notified of the ongoing matter. What they specialize in is to sue, bring their lawyer and bring a lawyer for the defendant without the knowledge of the defendant until judgement is secured. That was what they did in Jigawa. Though the court of Appeal Kano division has set it aside and declared *Dr Oye as the duly elected and authentic National Chairman of APGA in a well organized and INEC monitored National Convention held on 31st May 2019.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the return of this matter to the High Court yesterday (Friday) from the court of Appeal Abuja, the matter is as good as dead as the High court lacks jurisdiction to hear any matter of which substance has already been heard and finally determined by the Court of Appeal. This one, three appeal court judgements in favour of Dr Oye including the award of N10m against Edozie Njoku for disturbing APGA and the courts of the land.<\/p>\n

\u201cI am seeing another N10m award against him soon. I wish with this, the reading public, especially our Anambra indigenes resident here in Imo State can remain calm and unperturbed over the fake news.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know the pains you pass through when this fake, fabricated and malicious news came up as it has to do with the emergence of Prof Chukwuma Soludo as the next Governor of Anambra State, come November 2021\u201d.<\/p>\n

APGA accused political jobbers of peddling the fake viral news to mislead the reading public as part of their failed strategies to truncate the party\u2019s chances for the November 6 gubernatorial election in Anambra state.<\/p>\n

Imo APGA disowns Njoku, claims detractors trying to destabilise party ahead of Anambra poll<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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