The Federal High Court in Abuja, has shifted hearing of a suit seeking to remove the National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Abdullahi Ganduje, from office, till July 5.
When the case was called up for hearing on Wednesday, counsel for the plaintiffs, Benjamin Davou, told the court that he would need time to respond to the fresh process that was served on him by Ganduje’s lawyer, Raymond Asikeni, SAN.
Justice Inyang Ekwo therefore adjourned to allow the litigants to respond to a counter-affidavit the embattled APC National Chairman filed to challenge the competence of the suit.
The suit, was brought before the court by aggrieved members of the party under the platform of North-Central APC Forum, querying the validity of Ganduje’s appointment as the Chairman of the APC from the North-West.
They, among other things, want the court to restrain Ganduje from further parading himself as the National Chairman of the party, praying the court to issue an order, directing the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, not to accord recognition to all actions taken by the APC, including congresses, primaries and nominations, since he became APC Chairman on August 3, 2023.
