A group of 10 All Progressives Congress local government
chairmen in Zamfara State have filed a case before the Federal High
Court, Gusau, challenging their recent dissolution by the National
Caretaker Chairman of the party, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni.
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A copy of the suit obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on
Tuesday in Gusau indicated that the case was filed before the court
on Monday, July 12.
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NAN reports that the Chairman of APC’s Caretaker Extraordinary
Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), and Yobe state governor,
Mai-Mala Buni had on June 29 announced the dissolution of all the
party’s leadership structure in Zamfara while receiving Gov. Bello
Matawalle into the APC from the PDP.
The plaintiffs, Alhaji Abdulaziz Danmaliki and nine others
applied to the court on the matter, through D. C. Enwelum (SAN), of
Bello Umar & Co., Legal Practitioners and Notary Public of Zamfara
situated in Gusau.
The suit has the CECPC Chairman of APC, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni as
first defendant, the All Progressives Congress as second defendant
and the Independent National Electoral Commission as third
defendant.
The plaintiffs want the court to determine whether the CECPC
chairman had the right to dissolve them and handover affairs of the
party, and whether the Independent National Electoral Commission
can lawfully accept and deal with any other officer of the party in
the state, other than the plaintiffs.
They asked the court to declare as “mere oral announcement, of
the dissolution, on June 29, as illegal and a void act contrary to
Article 14.1 (lll), (V) and (Vlll) of the party’s
constitution.”
They are also affirming that the dissolution does not extinguish
the legal rights of the plaintiffs and that the first defendant
lacks the right to remove the plaintiffs who were duly appointed by
the National Secretariat of the party on December 8, 2020.
They submitted that the June 29, announcement, dissolving all
executives and party structures in the state is null, void and of
no effect as well as seeking the court to order the third defendant
(INEC), not to accept or deal with any other state officer other
than the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs also urged the court to set aside and nullify the
announcement made by the first defendant, dissolving the executives
and handing over affairs of the party to Gov. Matawalle as the
party leader.
They also prayed the court to order that the appointment of the
plaintiffs subsists.
They appealed to the court to restrain the first and second
defendants from disrupting their tenure of office pending the
conduct of congresses at all levels and also restrain the third
defendant from recognising or dealing with other members.
Enwelum (SAN), the lawyer in the suit, submitted that the
defendants should respond within 30 days of receipt of the summon
from the July 12, without which “proceedings may be taken as the
presiding judge may think just and expedient.”
NAN further reports that crisis began in the APC following the
June 29, defection of the state governor, Bello Matawalle from the
PDP to the APC during which the party’s CECPC Chairman dissolved
all the state executive structures and announced the governor as
the new leader of the party.
This development, however, did not go down well with some
stakeholders. (NAN)
A group of 10 All Progressives Congress local government
chairmen in Zamfara State have filed a case before the Federal High
Court, Gusau, challenging their recent dissolution by the National
Caretaker Chairman of the party, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni.
A copy of the suit obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria on
Tuesday in Gusau indicated that the case was filed before the court
on Monday, July 12.
NAN reports that the Chairman of APC’s Caretaker Extraordinary
Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), and Yobe state governor,
Mai-Mala Buni had on June 29 announced the dissolution of all the
party’s leadership structure in Zamfara while receiving Gov. Bello
Matawalle into the APC from the PDP.
The plaintiffs, Alhaji Abdulaziz Danmaliki and nine others
applied to the court on the matter, through D. C. Enwelum (SAN), of
Bello Umar & Co., Legal Practitioners and Notary Public of Zamfara
situated in Gusau.
The suit has the CECPC Chairman of APC, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni as
first defendant, the All Progressives Congress as second defendant
and the Independent National Electoral Commission as third
defendant.
The plaintiffs want the court to determine whether the CECPC
chairman had the right to dissolve them and handover affairs of the
party, and whether the Independent National Electoral Commission
can lawfully accept and deal with any other officer of the party in
the state, other than the plaintiffs.
They asked the court to declare as “mere oral announcement, of
the dissolution, on June 29, as illegal and a void act contrary to
Article 14.1 (lll), (V) and (Vlll) of the party’s
constitution.”
They are also affirming that the dissolution does not extinguish
the legal rights of the plaintiffs and that the first defendant
lacks the right to remove the plaintiffs who were duly appointed by
the National Secretariat of the party on December 8, 2020.
They submitted that the June 29, announcement, dissolving all
executives and party structures in the state is null, void and of
no effect as well as seeking the court to order the third defendant
(INEC), not to accept or deal with any other state officer other
than the plaintiffs.
The plaintiffs also urged the court to set aside and nullify the
announcement made by the first defendant, dissolving the executives
and handing over affairs of the party to Gov. Matawalle as the
party leader.
They also prayed the court to order that the appointment of the
plaintiffs subsists.
They appealed to the court to restrain the first and second
defendants from disrupting their tenure of office pending the
conduct of congresses at all levels and also restrain the third
defendant from recognising or dealing with other members.
Enwelum (SAN), the lawyer in the suit, submitted that the
defendants should respond within 30 days of receipt of the summon
from the July 12, without which “proceedings may be taken as the
presiding judge may think just and expedient.”
NAN further reports that crisis began in the APC following the
June 29, defection of the state governor, Bello Matawalle from the
PDP to the APC during which the party’s CECPC Chairman dissolved
all the state executive structures and announced the governor as
the new leader of the party.
This development, however, did not go down well with some
stakeholders. (NAN)