APGA Chieftain Celebrates end of party’s Leadership tussle, urges members’ unity
By Samuel Luka
The Deputy National Chairman (North) of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA), Alhaji Adamu Danjuma Musa has expressed gratitude to Allah that the Leadership tussle in the party has been finally put to rest.
Alhaji Musa who was addressing a press conference in Bauchi on Sunday, said that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has finally and formally recognized Chief Edozie Njoku as the authentic National Chairman APGA.
While calling for unity among party members, Alhaji Musa said that the recognition given to Chief Njoku has put to rest the protracted legal tussle over who is the rightful National Chairman of the party.
According to him, “the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has just confirmed and affirmed Chief Edozie Njoku as the National Chairman of APGA”.
“INEC has confirmed the development on its website as the name of Chief Edozie Njoku has been conspicuously imprinted on the commission’s website along with his members of the National Working Committee”, Alhaji Musa further noted.
He explained that, it is on record that Justice Odilli (rtd) corrected that mistake by replacing Chief Victor Oye’s name with that of Chief Edozie Njoku on Paragraph 1 of page 13 of the 14th October, 2021 Judgment.
“The correction was made having cognizance that on the day of delivery of the judgment being 14th October, 2021, by a slip of the pen and tongue, the name of
Chief Victor Oye was brought in. This error was pointed out to me by other members of the Panel who reminded me that Chief Victor Oye was not a party to the Appeal or the proceedings which emanated from the Jigawa High court”, he added.
Alhaji Musa who chronicled all the journey through litigations, expressed delight that at last, in a judgement on November 9, 2023, Justice Madugu held that the INEC chairman Prof. Yakubu and Oye were in contempt of Court as a result of their refusal to obey valid court orders.
However, Oye and INEC appealed, but on June 28, a 3-man panel of the appellate court led by Justice Uchechikwu Onyemenam dismissed the two appeals and decided in favour of the respondents, a development that made INEC to formally recognize Chief Edozie Njoku as the National Chairman of APGA.