The Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, on Tuesday, affirmed the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Adams Oshiomhole by his Ward.

In a unanimous judgment, a three-man panel of justices of the appellate court held that appeal Oshiomhole lodged to challenge his suspension lacked merit.



Justice Mohammed Lamido who delivered the lead verdict dismissed the appeal and affirmed the decision of an Abuja High Court that earlier validated Oshiomhole’s suspension by his ward in Edo state.

It will be recalled that the Abuja High Court at Jabi had on March 4, suspended Oshiomhole from performing the duties of the National Chairman of the APC.

The court, in a ruling by Justice Danlami Senchi, directed that Oshiomhole should remain out of office pending the determination of a substantive suit that was brought against him by some aggrieved members of the party.

The order followed an application of interlocutory injunction that six plaintiffs, led by one Mustapha Salihu, filed through their lawyer, Mr. Oluwole Afolabi.

They had among other things, prayed the court to oust Oshiomhole from office, alleging that he was previously suspended as a member of the party from his Etsako ward 10, in Edo State.

Whereas Oshiomhole was cited as the 1st Respondent in the matter, the APC was sued as the 2nd Respondent.

In the application dated January 16, the plaintiffs, told the court that Oshiomhole failed to challenge his suspension in his primary Ward in Edo state.

They argued that since his suspension remained extant, his rights as a member of the party are currently abated, insisting that he could therefore not continue to head the APC as its Chairman.

The plaintiffs also contended that it would be legally wrong for Oshiomhole to continue to enjoy benefits from the APC because of his suspension as a member of the party.

Ruling on the matter, Justice Senchi held that the 2nd Respondent (APC), wrongfully retained Oshiomhole as its National Chairman because of the affidavit evidence before the court.

Consequently, he ordered that Oshiomhole should stop parading himself as the National Chairman of the APC.

Besides, Justice Senchi directed the party to stop acknowledging Oshiomhole as the Chairman of the APC, saying he should be granted access to the party’s Secretariat.

Justice Senchi stressed that political parties must be bound by their constitution.

He held that since Oshiomhole had been suspended in his Ward and the suspension not challenged, he had no business any longer parading himself as National Chairman of the party.

Meanwhile, Oshiomhole, through his lawyer, Mr. Damian Dodo, SAN, challenged the competence of the suit which he said constituted an abuse of the court process.

Aside from querying the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the matter, Oshiomhole maintained that the plaintiffs lacked the locus standi to seek such reliefs against him.

He subsequently secured an order of the Court of Appeal on March 16 to stay the execution of the court order that suspended him from office.

Meantime, in its final judgment on Tuesday, the appellate court upheld the decision of the lower court.

It described Oshiomhole’s appeal against his suspension as “unmeritorious”.

The three-man panel held that the Respondents had the right to approach the court to seek an injunctive order against the continued stay in office of the Appellant.

More so, the appellate court said it was satisfied that the appellant was not denied fair hearing by the lower court.

It further affirmed the decision of the trial to dismiss a preliminary objection Oshiomhole raised against the suit, adding that the Abuja court had the requisite jurisdiction to entertain the case.

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Playing Party Scatter by Fireboy

the battle is just beginning.

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Babylon Burning!!!

We told you people Edo is not Lagos. However this ends, everyone will know that you dont take on a Benin man, if your ready for full scale war.

If APC fails to fight for Osho, it might sound the death knell of the party

For real?

shit!!!

Edo is not lagos, South South is not South West...

Tinubu backing the wrong horse,oshiomole lacks tact,very garrulous and too full of himself apparently because of his little education,which could be source of his inferiority complex that he tries to cover by being always combative,wisdom is that it is not every battle you fight
When you promote an individual beyond his level of competence , you get poor results
Oshiomole was never competent to be a national chairman of a large political party
You could see the results on apc from zamfara to rivers, to bayelsa,now edo, the guy is simply a disaster,a bull in a China shop

Supreme court over to you

hotseat:
If APC fails to fight for Osho, it might sound the death knell of the party

you want them to fight for a drowning man.

When he entered the river did he called APC for help. Oshiomole is OYO( on your own)now .

I remember when there was a NLC demonstration against Obasanjo in Unilag 2000 or so ..the man who spoke with the students at New Hall and this suspended National chairman are not the same persons wallahi. It is either this is a clone or the former was a scam.

Don be surprised how the Bullion van god will betray him.

StagethemTVee:
I remember when there was a NLC demonstration against Obasanjo in Unilag 2000 or so ..the man who spoke with the students at New Hall and this suspended National chairman are not the same persons wallahi. It is either this is a clone or the former was a scam.

Bros, he is both clone as well as scam

This is how God fight for his ppl

Good for him https://www.sammygist.com.ng/p/blog-page.html?m=1

nightmare for osho baba

What a new!. No source

Hhhmm

Real

Dear Op, ORDINARY Suspension and Removal you can't differentiate. Whereas you and your cohorts are same set of people that accuses Buhari of presenting NEPA bill. Smh

Oshiomhole 1 - Obaseki 1

Their wahala....

Oshiomole the chameleon.. As a labour leader He never really put pressure on the Government of lucky Igbinedion even when they complained to him, he kept saying my Edo people una nor get wahala, because he was a close associate and they later played a key role in bringing him into power. But other places, him go fight them so that money go drop..


The sad part is that so many people never knew his real nature.


Together we can make Nigeria better.


God bless Nigeria.

Emilokoiyawon:
Oshiomhole 1 - Obaseki 1

Na so oooo...

SAY NO TO GODFATHERISM.

SAY NO TO KABAKA AND AGBERO GOVERNMENT.

Together we can make Nigeria better.


God bless Nigeria.