A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday dismissed the suit challenging the tenure elongation of the John Odigie-Oyegun led National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressive Congress (APC).
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba, the triajudge, in two separate judgments on the matter, held that the suits had become hypothetical and academic, as the party had reversed the decision to extend the tenures of the officials.
Dimgba said that the party had commenced congresses to elect its officials at wards and local government levels and had slated June to hold its national convention to elect officials of the party at the national level.
He observed that: “Having read and carefully examined all the attachments to the suit, I hold that there was an attempt to extend the tenure of members of the party’s National Working Committee (NWC), due to expire on June 30, 2018, for another one year”, the Judge held.
Dimgba held that the resolution of the NEC of the part, in its meeting held on the 27th February, 2018, was a case of party organ trying to extend its tenure, which he noted was different from the case the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), where it was the National Convention of the party that set up the Care Taker Committee.
He said if the attempt to extend the tenure of the John Odigie-Oyegun led executive committee of the APC had matured, it would have amounted to a violation of the constitution of the party and that of the country.
A member of the party in Imo State, Okere Uzochukwu had, in his suit, marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/219/2018 and filed on March 2, 2018, challenged the moves to extend the tenure of the John Odigie-Oyegun led executive of the party.
The second suit, challenging the decision to extend the tenure of the Odigie-Oyegun led NWC of the APC was filed by some aggrieved members of the party, led by Ademorin Aliu Kioye.
