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How Giadom was disgraced out of NEC meeting after APC dissolved its NWC in dramatic turn - Insider reveals
Author: Rahaman Abiola

UPDATED: AN HOUR AGO



- APC NEC meeting ended in dramatic fashion as the ruling party dissolved its NWC


- The self-proclaimed acting chair, Victor Giadom, was left in utter shock and disgrace

- An inside source in Abuja said he was stopped from addressing the press after the meeting.

What initially appeared to be a triumph for Victor Giadom on Thursday, June 26, turned out to be a massive blow on his political hope as All Progressive Congress (APC)'s national executive council meeting ended on a shocking dramatic note.

Giadom had prided himself the apple-eye of the ruling party's top echelon after imposing himself as the national chairman despite apparent insistence by the Adams Ohiomhole-led national working committee members.


After receiving the backing of President Muhammadu Buhari to summon APC meeting, little did Giadom know that he was digging his own political grave.


And at the NEC meeting which was attended by the president, the leaders of the National Assembly, governors and some top party chieftains, APC dissolved its NWC amid crisis threatening to implode.

The drastic decision of the party came on the heels of recommendations made by the president during a crucial meeting at the State House.

In place of the NWC, the party's NEC announced the composition of a caretaker committee to oversee a new national convention. The said committee is to be chaired by the governor of Yobe state, Mai Bala Muni.



Giadom was left astonished by the decision and all attempts to speak after the meeting was vehemently met with objection, The Nation reports.

According to an internal source, he wanted to speak but was stopped from doing so by the speaker of the House of Representatives Femi Gbajabiamila.

Gbajabiamila was said to have told Giadom that he has ceased to be acting chairman of the party and he must not speak on matters concerning the party any

Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that despite President Muhammadu Buhari's plea that all aggrieved members of APC to withdraw all litigations to allow peace within the ruling party, members of the dissolved NWC have resolved to seek legal redress in court.

The members said that they would take legal action over the resolution of the National Executive Committee (NEC) to dissolve the national leadership of the party.

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Oladele99:
Can't stop laughing, these people are hell bent on dealing with Tinubu.
Meanwhile, let's see if he gat the balls to fight back

First ask on the camp the governor belongs.

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JUST IN: Governor of Yobe State, H.E Mai Mala Buni has just been appointed as the chairman, All Progressives Congress (APC)’s caretaker committee and extraordinary national convention. Details later.

The best is for pro Oshiomole is not to boycott the meeting but go there and fight it out.

But Tinubu is not a member of NEC.

I think Tinubu has lost APC.

The boys that full here nawaa. State chapters of the party has nothing to do with primary. It is inconsequential.

This letter is about Ondo and not Edo.

ORIENTATION101:
you mean online secretariat
Somebody that have not enter APC secretariat since Thursday ,besides he doesn't have business there because his position has been taken. He has been claiming chairman for days now yet he can't enter secretariat and call the remaining 20 members of NWC for meeting.

Why is Adams finding it hard to appeal that order?

This man is just a desperate young man. The rule says 7 days notice before any NEC meeting. Thursday is near. Name dropping.

deboysben:
you should have known the time this news broke.

4.02pm today

No wonder the court judgement yesterday in port harcourt.

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Edo PDP in Quandary over Court's Disqualification of Obaseki
editorJune 23, 2020 4:02 Pm
By Adibe Emenyonu

The Edo State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) appeared confused over the Federal High Court order restraining the party and its national officers from allowing Governor Godwin Obaseki to take part in its primary election.


The PDP had last week granted waiver to Obaseki and his deputy, Philip Shaibu, to contest on its platform after Obaseki was disqualified by the All Progressives Congress (APC).

It was for this reasons that the party postponed its governorship primary twice.

First, the the PDP scheduled its primary for June 19 but later rescheduled for 23 and now June 25.

But on Monday, one of the aspirants already screened to take part in the primary and lawmaker representing Oredo Federal Constituency, Hon. Omoregie Ogbeide-Ihama, approached the Federal High Court in Port Harcout, Rivers State, seeking to stop Obaseki from taking part in the primary.


In its ruling, which was adjourned for motion on hearing to June 24, the court granted the order restraining the PDP, the National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus; the party’s Deputy Chairman, South-south, Chief Emmanuel Ogidi; and four others from allowing Obaseki and any member of the part that have purchased forms and were not screened within the time stipulated in the timetable to contest the PDP primary election.

Reacting to the development, the Edo State Chairman of PDP, Dr. Tony Aziegbemi, said the legal team of the party in the state and that of the national team are putting heads together and their briefs are being awaited.

Aziegbemi, who responded via a text message, noted: “We have directed our state legal adviser to consult with the national legal adviser of the party.

SadiqBabaSani:
Court refused to stop obaseki frm Contesting

And Obaseki is acknowledging the court order here?

sagacioustony:
Who sent the police to the Secretariat. The person that sent them is acting a script, watch out and see

Both factions are having a meeting with the IG by 1pm to review all the court judgements.

Jesse25:
See how clueless you are

I feel sorry for you. Ignorance is a disease. Please once agian states have nothing to do with party primary.

APC not Losing Sleep over Giadom's Letter to INEC, Says Issa-Onilu
editorJune 22, 2020 5:56 Pm
By Adedayo Akinwale, Thisday

The National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, has said that the ruling party will not lose sleep over a purported letter written to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) by the Deputy National Secretary, Chief Victor Giadom, asking the commission not to recognise the primary election conducted in Edo State.


Issa-Onilu, while reacting to the letter in a telephone interview with THISDAY on Monday, wondered why the party would be bothered by a letter written by “a former member of the National Working Committee (NWC)” of the party.

He stated: “INEC knows what to do, INEC is not lawless, INEC was there to monitor the primaries today (Monday).”

Asked if the party was not bothered about the letter, he added: “Why should we be bothered by an ex-member of NWC
APC not Losing Sleep over Giadom's Letter to INEC, Says Issa-Onilu.

BERNIMOORE:
you are a novice... Giedom was at the Secretariat on Friday and will be there again anytime he chooses...only court of appeal can give him marching orders You can't replaced him when there is a pending court case in a court Can't you people think? All those exercise in futility replacing him are court contempt Giedom is wise following court process Mumu people doesn't know that court process is with time... So its too late...Giedom has taking control.... At least for now..

When is he going to conduct his own primary? Is he waiting for iINEC time to expire?

aremuforlife:
Let's assume the primary is illegal, when is he going to conduct his own primary election? Is he waiting until the time given by inec to conduct primari election got exhausted before and he will later follow his pay master to their newly found party

Good question

When did he sell his own expression of interest forms?

Lostz:
by same River APC

This man you make me laugh.

The state has nothing to do with the primary of any party. It is the national body affair.

ODI444:
I think the man has some point. You can’t build something on nothing. If court has removed Adams before these actions were taken and Appeal also validated the removal, it simply means all his functions after the first ruling were null and void. As classified by the second ruling.
APC is only postponing the doom day.

Let him name his own committee for the election if he is not playing a script. Inec has a time limit

Op you have appeared again. This means Obaseki is losing this election.

Edo’s Political Calculus Changes as Oshiomhole’s Ward Lifts Suspension

APC replaces Giadom with Boms
Mustapha withdraws suit against party, submits to caucus supremacy
INEC awaits briefing from monitoring department, to study court orders
Chuks Okocha and Adedayo Akinwale in Abuja


The suspended national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, had a reprieve at the weekend following the lifting of his suspension by his Ward 10 in Estako West Local Government Area of Edo State, a development that technically altered the subsisting political calculations in the state.

But a factional chairman of APC in Etsako West Ward 10, Mr. Oshawo Stephen, dismissed the lifting of Oshiomhole’s suspension and insisted the ward executive members stood by their decision to suspend him.


The dramatic turn of events came as the national leadership of APC announced, also at the weekend, that the South-south zone had replaced its Deputy National Secretary, Chief Victor Giadom, with Mr. Worgu Boms, a former Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice in Rivers State in the wake of the crisis plaguing the party.

Similarly, the North-east National Vice Chairman of the party, Comrade Salihu Mustapha, applied to a High Court in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) to strike out the order making him Acting National Secretary. He said the move was in total submission to the supremacy of the North-east caucus of the APC.


Meanwhile, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) said it planned to take briefing from its Election and Party Monitoring Department and the Legal Services Department for proper interpretations of the various court rulings on the crisis besetting the party.

The recent suspension of Oshiomhole by the order of a Federal High Court in Abuja, now upheld by the Court of Appeal, had exacerbated the leadership crisis in the governing party.

But Secretary of Ward 10, Estako West, Mr. Emuakemeh Sule, said at a press conference on Saturday, after a meeting of the ward executive members and the APC National Working Committee (NWC), that the suspension was lifted because it lacked merit.

Sule stated that the resolution of Ward 10 executive members to lift Oshiomhole’s suspension was reached at a meeting held on June 4 at the APC secretariat, Apana-Uzairue, Edo State.
According to Sule, “We have reviewed the circumstances leading to the suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and found no merit in the allegation or processes employed.

“We hereby lift the suspension placed on Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the ward. We call on all organs of our great party to restore all rights and privileges of membership to Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.”

Sule stressed that the resolution was adopted and signed by the Vice Chairman, Adizetu Jafaru; Assistant Secretary, Angela Egherua; Financial Secretary, Imokhai Patrick; and Alufah Paul, among others.

However, refuting the announcement, Stephen, in a statement, said the ward executive members, who were elected into office in 2018, remained intact and had not been displaced by anybody. He described the claims about lifting of the suspension as a charade.

Stephen stated, “The suspension of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the ward executives remains valid. The statements to the contrary in the media are false and should be disregarded. We stand by our decision and have no reservation on the action as it is in the best interest of the party.

“The ward executives as well as our counterparts at the Etsako West local government level stand by the suspension of Comrade Oshiomhole for his divisive role in the crisis rocking the APC in Edo State.”

Chairman of APC in Etsako West Local Government Area, Ezolomhe Rabiat, also affirmed that the council executives were still members of the party in the state and stood by the suspension of Comrade Oshiomhole.

But the acting national chairman and National Vice Chairman, South-south, Mr. Hilliard Etta, confirmed that the NWC had received the resolution of the Etsako West Ward 10, adding that 17 out of 27 members signed the resolution.

Etta said, “Let me also say that in matters of this nature, our constitution provides for only a simple majority and 17 out of 27 is indeed more than a simple majority. So, we want to use this opportunity to thank Etsako West Ward 10 for what they have done. History will be on your side.

“I am also in receipt of the acceptance and ratification of that resolution by the Etsako West LGA executive dated the 9th of June 2020 and signed by the Chairman, Alhaji Abubakar Akokia, and the Secretary, Hon. Dauda Ahmed.”

Etta stated that he also received the ratification by the State Executive Committee (SWC) of the APC in Edo State, signed by the acting state chairman, Col. David Imuse (rtd), and State Secretary, Lawrence Oka.

He recalled that on Friday, a court of competent jurisdiction had asked the Deputy National Secretary, Chief Victor Giadom, to restrain himself as a member of the NWC and should never parade himself as such.

He noted that before then, there was a resolution by the NWC asking the South-south zone of the party to transmit a name for Giadom’s replacement or filling of the vacancy created by his resignation to contest as deputy governorship candidate of the party in Rivers State.

The acting national chairman stated, “I want to announce to the world that I am in receipt of the name of a distinguished member of this party from Rivers State to the zone for ratification in the person of Worgu Boms, a former Attorney General of Rivers State.

“His name has been transmitted to my good office and I want to announce that in the earliest time possible, the South-south zonal executive committee will meet and ratify that name and send same to the NWC of our great party.”

Lifeline for Oshiomhole to Reverse Court Suspension

Following the lifting of Oshiomhole’s suspension at the ward level, the coast is now clear for him to approach the court to seek the reversal of the suspension imposed on him from acting as National Chairman within the next 7 days. It is uncertain if he can achieve this. If he does, the leadership crisis is automatically resolved. Failure to get the court to lift that suspension will put the ruling party in a precarious situation that may see a repeat of the Zamfara and Rivers scenarios.

As things stand now, with the injunction against Giadom, the APC no longer has a leader recognised by law and may be unable to field candidates for all coming elections, which in the immediate includes the Edo and Ondo states governorship elections.

The Zamfara and Rivers states scenario looms again for the APC, and with incumbent governor Godwin Obaseki now in the PDP, he is looking good to coast home to victory unchallenged if the APC fails to put its house in order quickly.

In the North-east, National Vice Chairman of the party, Comrade Salihu Mustapha, applied to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court to strike out the order making him Acting National Secretary of the party.

The High Court sitting in Maitama and presided over by Justice S.U. Bature had last week issued an order that Mustapha should be allowed to carry out the functions of Acting National Secretary of the party.

He said the North-east stakeholders, including the Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, and all APC governors and members of the National Assembly from the zone, met and endorsed Waziri Bulama’s nomination for National Secretary and forward same to NEC for ratification.

Etta said it was mischievous for anybody to claim that he was not aware of the suite at the FCT High Court purporting to make him the Acting National Secretary, but said he discontinued the suit because his zone had resolved on the nomination of Bulama.

Speaking with journalists yesterday in Abuja, Mustapha said he had directed that the suit and order making him Acting National Secretary of APC should be struck out.

He added, “I was part of the North-east APC stakeholders that met and endorsed the nomination of Arc Bulama and cannot go to court to seek for such position again.

“We the North-east APC believe in the competence of Arc. Bulama and have appointed him into the position waiting for his ratification by the National Executive Committee (NEC) of the party. I am striking out the suit entered in March, because I believe that the issue has been resolved and for the interest and peace of the party.

“But as we speak, we are making all arrangements with my lawyers to seek a discontinuation and rescind the prayer we made in court, because for me, the zonal decision supersedes any other prayers pending in court. We are going to vacate that order to allow Architect Bulama’s name to be sent to NEC for ratification as the national secretary of our party.”


Mustapha called on leaders of the party to convene a NEC meeting, where all the issues challenging the unity of the party would be resolved.

Nevertheless, as the APC leadership crisis festers, INEC said it was waiting to be briefed by its Election and Party Monitoring and the Legal Services departments, adding that it deals only with national chairmen and national secretaries of political parties in line with the constitutions of the political parties. It is also the national chairmen and national secretaries that forward the names of candidates of political parties to INEC, the commission said.

INEC National Commissioner in charge of Voter Education and Information, Festus Okoye, said, “Thereafter the commission will take a position on what to do.”

He maintained that INEC would not act until it had studied the Court of Appeal order that suspended Oshiomhole as national chairman of the party.

Okoye stated, “The commission will also apply for and obtain the Certified True Copy of the rulings, judgements, and orders made in the various suits in court.

“The commission is aware of some of the suits pending in court relating to the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC). The commission will study the constitution of the party and its regulations and guidelines relating to the conduct of party primaries.”

Okoye noted that INEC was watching developments as regards the internal crisis and challenges in some of the political parties, explaining that each of the 18 registered parties has constitutions, which is domiciled with the commission at registration, and changes to the constitution are also filed with the commission.

he said, “The commission will take briefing from its Election and Party Monitoring Department and the Legal Services Department. Thereafter, the commission will take a position on what to do.”

Okoye said INEC was not involved and would not be involved in the day to day running of political parties, saying changes in leadership of political parties are a function of their constitutions, guided by the extant provisions of the Electoral Act and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

He cautioned against crisis in the political parties, some of which were threatening to prevent them from conducting their primary elections within the stipulated time, saying, “The reality is that the parties have limited time to conduct their primaries and file their nominations. The dates in the timetable and schedule of activities released by the commission will not be extended.”

According to him, the position today is that 15 political parties notified the commission of their intentions to conduct party primaries and the commission will send monitors to observe the conduct of those primaries.

“Let me reiterate that it is in the interest of the 15 political parties to concentrate efforts and energy at conducting valid primaries as the commission will perform its regulatory constitutional duties without fear or favour,” the INEC national commissioner said, adding that the commission would only give access code to political parties that conduct valid primaries.

THISDAY, however, gathered that the APC governors were not happy with Oshiomhole’s comments that the party would not bend its rules to accommodate Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State. The governors said the comments by Oshiomhole at the State House made them to move against him.

A source privy to some of the developments within the party said, “Recall that the governors of the party had said they will intervene to resolve the matter, but when Oshiomhole refused to allow the intervention of the governors after meeting with the Chief of Staff to President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, the governors moved against him.

“Are you not surprised that the same way that the APC governors moved to get the Court of Appeal to allow him preside over the National Executive Committee (NEC) was also the same way that the Court of Appeal summoned lawyers to the parties and gave the order that suspended Oshiomhole?”

The source also explained that the suspension of Oshiomhole was not in the schedules of rulings of the sitting of the Court of Appeal.

As a result, THISDAY gathered that the APC governors moved against Oshiomhole, when it became clear that his mind was made up and they had no option than to get him out of the wa
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Brandstudio01:
Let him go and sit down

Please, I will Design a Professional Logo for your product or Business for 2k Only

How can i give you job when you have already taken side.Dont mix your business with politics.

KellyGay:
All these politicians have no single shame. How will their children feel when they read this kind of news about them?

Me and you are here killing ourselves. He don hammer

osazsky:
did u go to sch...where is d chairman..until d chairman speaks oshiomole remains suspended.. all these miscreants done collect money and want to quickly cash out.i guess the chairman didn't accept their offer hence they all acted on thier own accord

You are actually the ignorant one here. 17 out of 26 signed. Supposing tomorrow this majority suspends the chairman as well? My 10 years old boy will not have your thinking.

annyz:
Yes! Chairman or vice chairman must be there to append signature before it can be legally accepted in such situation.

And the vice is there.

moderatedguy:
But the courts still have to affirm that the suspension has been lifted.If due process was not followed am sorry no the suspension wud still be in place.

What do you call due process when 17 signed?

Dansuqi:
Yes there are.out of 26,17 is two third majority

If truly they are part of that executive then the case is closed.