Anambra 2021: The Battle To Stop Prof Soludo Moves To The Court
One Mrs Okoye Nwabuogo, who is a chieftain of APGA has approached a federal high court Abuja, with a suit seeking the court to set aside the election and nomination of Soludo as the party’s candidate for the November 6 governorship election.
The suit also seeks an order restraining Soludo from parading himself as the validly or duly elected candidate of APGA for the said election.
This case has two major issues for determination;
1. The non compliance to the mandatory 21 days notice on INEC to monitor the ward delegate congress.
In the suit filed by Mrs Okoye Nwabuogo, it is seeking an order of the court to nulifiy the June 23 governorship primaries of APGA because the party led by Ozo Victor Oye failed to give INEC the statutory 21 days notice prior to the holding of the special ward congress, held on June 15, 2021, for the election of ad hoc delegates for the nomination of the party’s governorship candidate for the Anambra State gubernatorial election scheduled to hold on November 6. 2021.
2. Violation of APGA constitution Article 11.
This issue for determination is very important here. Mrs Okoye Nwabuogo is asking the court to determine if APGA did not violate its own constitution Article 11 section 5, subsection vii.
APGA constitution 2019 Article 11 section 5, subsection vii says that in conducting state congresses; 3 delegates per ward shall be elected at ward congresses, who shall cease to function after the conclusion of state congress for which they were elected.
Now, Mrs Okoye Nwabuogo in her suit stated that APGA under the faction of Ozo Victor Oye violated the party constitution in Article 11 section 5, subsection vii when its guideline issued on April 21 stated that only 2 adhoc delegates will be elected for the June 23 state congress for the purposes of nominating the candidate of the party for November 6 governorship election as against the above referred section which provided for 3 adhoc delegates for state congresses.
Anambra 2021: The Battle To Stop Prof Soludo Moves To The Court
These are the two main issues, up for determination at the federal high court Abuja.
While the first issue bothers on the failure to notify INEC with the statutory 21 days notice for the ward adhoc congress, the second issue bothers on violation of APGA constitution 2019 Article 11 section 5, subsection vii.
This clarification is important against misinformation and fake representation of the said suit that’s pending before the federal high court Abuja.
Below is APGA constitution 2019, Article 11 section 5, subsection vii.
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