By Mike ALADENIKA.
A three-man panel of the Court of Appeal has upheld the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Mohammed Lamido, the presiding judge delivered the judgement on Tuesday after the three-man panel dismissed Oshiomhole’s appeal citing a lack of merit.
The panel’s decision follows the decision of an FCT High court in March 2020. The court at the time had ordered the suspension of Oshiomhole as APC’s National Chairman.
Meanwhile, the National Working Committee NWC of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC has named Sen. Abiola Ajimobi as its acting National Chairman.
The development followed Tuesday’s affirmation of the suspension of the National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the Court of Appeal in Abuja.
The party in a late statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu said it 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”, the NWC stated.
It is however not clear how the new acting National Chairman of the party, Sen. Abiola Ajimobi would function as reports have it that the former Oyo State governor is currently in a medical intensive care unit in a Lagos hospital undergoing treatment for ailments associated with the dreaded coronavirus pandemic.
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