PDP Tells Court To Declare APC Convention Illegal, Deregister Ruling Party

• The court has been asked to declare the All Progressives Congress’ national convention unconstitutional
• This call was made by the opposition Peoples Democratic Party in Abuja, Nigeria's federal capital territory
• Going further, the party also asked the court to deregister the ruling APC as a political party in the country

The All Progressives Congress’ national convention should be declared unconstitutional according to the PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party has prayed a Federal High Court in Abuja to declare the All Progressives Congress’ national convention holding on Saturday, unconstitutional and illegal.

The PDP, in a suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/389 2022, also sought a court order deregistering the APC as a political party, having failed to meet the requirements of Sections 222(a), 223(b), and 225 of the 1999 Constitution.

The party, in the suit dated March 25 and filed by its counsel, Samuel Irabor, listed the Independent National Electoral Commission, the APC, Registered Trustees of APC, and the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee.

The PDP urged the court to declare all the prior acts of the Mala Buni-led caretaker committee leading to the institution of the suit as well as all subsequent acts, including the convention of March 26, null and void.

The PDP prayed for order to de-registrar the APC by INEC in line with Section 225A of the 1999 constitution.

In the originating summons brought pursuant to Order 3, Rule 6 of the Federal High Court Rules, the party urged the court to determine “whether upon a calm consideration of Section 223(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution, the leadership of the APC (2nd defendants) can be made up of only 13 members as presently constituted by the chairman of the CECPC and forwarded/registered with the 1st defendant (INEC).

“And if the answer is in the negative, whether the APC has any valid leadership so called, forwarded /registered with INEC in compliance with Section 223(1) of the 1999 Constitution and whether any act done by the said leadership is valid and founded in law.

“If the answer to the 2nd and 3rd legs of the issue in the above paragraph is further in the negative, whether the APC is not liable to be de-registered as a political party pursuant to Sections 222(a), 223(2)(b) and 225(A) of the 1999 Constitution.”

It sought “a declaration that by the express provisions of Section 223(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution, the leadership of the APC cannot be made up of only 13 members as presently constituted by the chairman of the CECPC and forwarded /registered with INEC.

“A declaration that all the prior actions and subsequent actions undertaken by the defendants are null void and of no effect.”

The matter was yet to be assigned to a judge as at the time of filing the story.

APC convention: Southwest governors, chieftains reject Buhari’s choice for national secretary

In another report, southwest governors in the All Progressives Congress (APC) and former Lagos governor, Bola Tinubu have rejected the Executive Director, Niger Delta Power Holding, Ife Oyedele, as the next national secretary of the APC.

According to the report, Oyedele who is from Ondo state, is the choice of President Muhammadu Buhari for the position.

Oyedele who is said to be a staunch loyalist of the president, was a member of the defunct Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), Buhari's political bloc in the APC.

Source: Legit.ng