Justice Inyang Edem Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, has dismissed a suit seeking the removal of Dr Abdullahi Ganduje as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC.
The suit instituted against Ganduje by the APC North Central Group was thrown out on Monday by the Judge on various grounds.
Among others, Justice Ekwo held that the APC North Central Group is not a juristic person having not been registered in law and therefore has no legal power and capacity to file the suit.
The Judge also held that the plaintiff failed to explore the internal mechanism for peaceful resolution of issues before rushing to court.
Besides, Justice Ekwo 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.
The Northern Central APC Group had dragged Ganduje, APC and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC before the court praying for nullification of Ganduje’s appointment by the APC on the ground of gross violations of the party’s Constitution.
Specifically, the North Central APC 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.