South East APC reports Enugu judge to NJC

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By Lawrence Njoku (Enugu)

12 August 2024 | 2:45 am

The All Progressives Congress (APC), South East zone, at the weekend, said that it had reported Justice C. V. C Ezeugwu of Enugu State High Court to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for issuing an exparte order barring its Enugu State Chairman, Ugochukwu Agballah, and 10 others from parading themselves as officers of the party.…

In a statement, the National Vice Chairman of the party (South East region), Dr. Ijeomah Arodiogbu, noted that the party cited “an exparte order made on August 7, 2024, in Suit NO. E/ 548M / 2024: Nwafor Alphonsus Onyeachonam & 4 ORS. VS. Ugochukwu Agballah & 10 ORS, being circulated in the social media.”

The Zonal Vice Chairman stated that APC, as a political party in Nigeria, was not a party to the said suit and was not in any way joined in the suit, adding that no such interim exparte order had been served on the party. He also observed that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) was also not joined in the suit contrary to the Electoral Act 2022.

“APC hereby informs unauthorised persons to desist from tampering, interfering or accessing or meddling with the properties, offices, and assets of the party,” APC warned.

Arodiogbu declared that the Constitution of the APC prohibits officials or members of the party from instituting court cases against the party without exhausting internal dispute resolution mechanisms.

“Some of the parties and official positions stated in the media-advertised interim order are completely unknown to the party and its Constitution as amended.

“And that is why the party insists that an opposition political party in Enugu State is involved in the media-orchestrated crisis in our party.

He added that the party has also petitioned the NJC against Justice CVC Ezeugwu for giving an exparte order to persons and offices unknown to the APC in a matter where the APC is not a legal party without putting the party on notice as required by the rules of court, and as directed by the NJC.

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