A Federal Excessive Court docket, Abuja, on Wednesday, shifted the judgment in a go well with looking for the removing of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as Nationwide Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, to September 23.
The matter, which was earlier mounted for at this time, was not on the trigger checklist.
NAN gathered that the events within the go well with had earlier been reached by the court docket registrar for a brand new date as a result of the judgement was not prepared.
“We now have already referred to as the events on telephone to tell them of the event. A brand new date is subsequent week, September 23,” a dependable supply mentioned.
Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on July 5, mounted at this time (Sept. 18) for the judgment.
Justice Ekwo mounted the date after counsel to the plaintiff, Benjamin Davou; and legal professionals to the defence adopted their processes and made their submission for and in opposition to the case.
The plaintiff; the North Central APC Discussion board, led by Saleh Zazzaga, had filed the go well with to queried the propriety of Ganduje’s appointment because the Chairman of the APC when he isn’t from the North Central geo-political zone.
Within the go well with marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/599/2024, the plaintiff listed Ganduje, the APC and the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, as 1st to third defendants respectively.
The plaintiff needs the court docket to, amongst others, restrain Ganduje from additional parading himself because the chairman of the APC.
It additionally prays the court docket to difficulty an order directing INEC to not accord recognition to all actions taken by the APC, together with congresses, primaries and nominations, since Mr Ganduje turned APC Chairman on August 3, 2023.
The plaintiff is contending amongst others, that Mr Ganduje is occupying the workplace of the APC chairman illegally, not being from a state within the North Central geo-political zone.
It argued that the Nationwide Government Committee, NEC, of the APC breached the get together’s structure when it appointed Ganduje, from Kano State within the North West geo- political zone to exchange Sen. Abdullahi Adamu from Nasarawa State within the North Central geo-political zone.
It additionally argued that Ganduje’s appointment to exchange Abdullahi was opposite to Article 31.5(1) f of the APC structure and extremely vires the powers of the NEC of the get together, amongst different reliefs.
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