The Deputy National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Victor Giadom, has reacted to the announcement of former governor Abiola Ajimobi as acting national chairman of the party by the party’s National Publicity Secretary, Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu.
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In a press release titled “COURT RECOGNIZES VICTOR GIADOM AS ACTING NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF APC” sighted by TheNigeriaLawyer (TNL), Chief Oluwole Afolabi, a lawyer to Victor Giadom said “Our attention has been drawn to a statement purportedly issued by the Publicity Secretary of the APC to the effect that Senator Abiola Ajumobi is to act as the National Chairman of APC following the suspension from office of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the Court of Appeal.”
Afolabi said the announcement was made out of ignorance of a subsisting court order and insisted that his client is to act as the national chairman of the party due to the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman.
“We wish to state that the statement must have been issued in complete ignorance of the order of the FCT High Court issued on 16th of March, 2020, by Hon. Justice S.U Bature in Suit No. FCT/HC/M/6447/2020 to the effect that Chief Victor Giadom is to act as the National Chairman of the party due to the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman.
“The order was given the same day that the Court of Appeal earlier gave Oshiomhole a temporary respite by staying the execution of the said order suspending Oshiomhole. Now that the Court of Appeal has affirmed the order of suspension, it is only proper that the Order recognizing Chief Victor Giadom is implemented.”
He concluded therefore that Security Agencies have been notified to enforce the order and threaten to take contempt action against anyone who recognizes different person as the Acting Chairman of APC
“Consequently, we have written to all law-enforcement agencies to implement the said order and anyone who attempts to parade himself/herself other than Chief Victor Giadom as the Acting Chairman of the APC would be facing contempt of court proceedings.”
TNL recalls that the Court of Appeal had on the 16th of June, 2020 upheld the suspension of the party’s national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
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