Supreme Court Upholds Sack Of Igo Aguma As Rivers APC Chairman

The Supreme Court of nigeria has dismissed the appeals filed by a former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, and the ex-caretaker committee chairman of the party in Rivers State, Igo Aguma over the sack of the latter

A five-man panel of the apex court unanimously upheld the December 29, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which had set aside an earlier judgment of the high court of Rivers State.

The court held that the appeal lacked merit, because it was plagued with lots of jurisdictional issues.

The Supreme Court said the judgment in the appeal by Mr. Aguma should be applied to the one filed by Mr. Oshiomhole, in which the former APC national chairman, among others, queried the jurisdiction of the Appeal Court in Abuja to have heard the case.

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had set aside the June 2020 judgment of Justice George Omereji of the High Court of Rivers State in Port Harcourt and affirmed the appointment of Isaac Abbot Ogbobula as the caretaker committee chairman of the Rivers State APC.

The court expressed the view that it is the exclusive right of the national working committee of the All Progressives Congress under the party’s constitution to appoint a caretaker committee for any organ of the party.