By Abiola Olawale
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has thrown out a suit seeking to sack the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Senator Abdullahi Ganduje.
The presiding judge, Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the suit for lack of merit.
The New Diplomat reports that the suit was instituted against Ganduje by the APC North Central Group.
The Northern Central APC Group led by Saleh Zazzaga had dragged Ganduje, APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the court, praying for the nullification of the appointment of Ganduje by APC on the ground of gross violations of the party’s Constitution.
The group claimed that the appointment of Ganduje breached Article 13 of the APC Constitution because it was not done through a democratic process enshrined in the party’s law.
However, in his judgment, Justice Ekwo held that the APC North Central Group is not a juristic person and not registered in law and, therefore, has no legal power and capacity to file the suit.
The Judge also ruled that the applicants failed to explore the internal mechanism for peaceful resolution of issues before rushing to the court.
Justice Ekwo further held that the appointment of officers for APC by its National Executive Committee is an internal affair of the party which no court can dabble into.
