A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has affirmed Barr Ugochukwu Agballah as the chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Enugu State.
The swimsuit No: FHc/Abj/cv/57/2021 was filed by Group Capt. Orji Joseph Iloabanafor (rtd), plaintiff, in opposition to Agballah, APC, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as first, second and third defendants.
The crux of the matter was that Orji challenged the membership standing of Agballah and his election as the APC Enugu chairman.
The plaintiff prayed the court docket to declare him as the consensus candidate of the October 16, 2021, Congress and chairman-elect of APC Enugu.
He additional alleged that the workplace of the chairman was micro-zoned to Aninri/Awgu/Orji River federal constituency as agreed by the stakeholders assembly held on 15/10/2021 summoned by Senator Ken Nnamani.
In proof of his case, he annexed Exhibit 1, which he alleged was a cast doc offered to the then National Caretaker Committee of APC by Ugochukwu Agballah.
But Hon. Justice Emeka Nwite, in his judgement, agreed with the submission of Mr. T.M Ozioko, Esq., counsel to the first defendant, that problems with the management of a political get together have been throughout the home and inner affairs of the get together and such points weren’t justiciable and that Orji didn’t meet up with the constitutional requirement to take part on the APC Enugu State Congress held in 2021.
The Court additionally upheld the submission of the counsel to the 2nd defendant, APC, Mr. J. M. Mathew, Esq., that Orji’s incapability to hunt redress throughout the get together and his enchantment to APC NEC in compliance with Art 13.4 of the Party’s Constitution, was deadly to his case.
The Court additionally dominated that the plaintiff couldn’t show the allegation of forgery in opposition to Ugochukwu Agballah.
The preliminary objection filed by Chief Olusola Oke, SAN, the lead counsel was sustained and the matter was dismissed on advantage.
