Appeal Court Affirms Dan Nwafor As Imo APC Chairman

The Appeal Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, dismissed an application by the former national chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, for a leave to appeal an earlier judgement of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, barring the party or any of its organs from interfering with the legitimate tenure of the state executive council in Imo State.

The FCT High Court, presided over by Justice Othman Musa, had on the 18th of August, 2018, entered a judgement in favour of the Dan Nwafor-led state executive committee of the party in a suit brought by a son of Nigeria’s former Senate president, Evan Enwerem (Jnr). The court, among other things, restrained the All Progressives Congress, its then national chairman and all other organs of the party from interfering or tampering with the tenure, duties and powers of the Dan Nwafor-led state executive committee.

According to a statement by the state publicity secretary of the party, Onwuasoanya, which was made available to THE WHISTLER in Owerri, “Having severally disobeyed this judicial directive and at the risk of committal to prison for contempt of court, the former national chairman of the party applied to the Court of Appeal for a leave to appeal against the judgement, having failed to appeal the judgement within the window allowed for such appeal. However, Justice Ige of the Nigerian Court of Appeal upheld the argument of counsel to Dan Nwafor, opposing the application.

“The judgement therefore reaffirms Daniel Nwafor as the authentic state chairman of the party in the state, and therefore invalidates any other individual or group of individuals purporting to act as chairman or officers of the party at any level.

“The party urges all members of the party, no matter on which side of the divide they may find themselves, to come together for the progress of the party.