Ajimobi succeeds Oshiomole as APC Acting Nat’l Chair
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The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress(APC) has named Senator Abiola Ajimobi as acting national chairman of the party.
APC revealed this on one of its Twitter handles late Tuesday.
See tweet:
APC NWC names Senator Abiola Ajimobi as the Acting National Chairman of the APC:
"According to Section 14.2. (iii) of the APC constitution, the Deputy National Chairman, North/South "shall act as the National Chairman in the absence of the National Chairman from his zone." pic.twitter.com/F7lAA7JBra
— APC Nigeria Support (@APCNigeria) June 16, 2020
A statement issued by the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, reads:
The National Working Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has received the news indicating the Appeal Court has upheld the suspension of the Party’s National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by an FCT High Court pending the determination of the substantive suit.
Guided by advice from the Party’s legal department in line with the provisions of Section 14.2. (iii) of the Party’s constitution, the Deputy National Chairman (South), Sen. Abiola Ajimobi will serve as the Party’s Acting National Chairman.
According to Section 14.2. (iii) of the APC constitution, the Deputy National Chairman, North/South “Shall act as the National Chairman in the absence of the National Chairman from his zone.
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Earlier on Tuesday, the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had affirmed the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as APC National Chairman.
The appellate court upheld the decision of the Federal Capital Territory High Court which in March ordered the suspension of Oshiomhole
The court also prohibited Oshiomhole from parading himself as the national chairman of the party.
In a unanimous judgment, the first appeal delivered by Justice Eunice Onyemanam , the court held that the trial court had territorial jurisdiction to have entertained the suit as it did .
The court also withdrew his rights and privileges as national chairman of the party including his security details.
“The identity of those who suspended Oshiomhole were not in doubt because in their unchallenged affidavit they made it clear that they were party members and officers of the party, therefore the appeal lacks merit,” the court held.
