The Supreme Court Friday re-affirmed Chief Edozie Njoku as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA). By the judgment the embattled chairman of the party Mr Victor Oye has lost the seat.

The apex court made the pronouncement in a judgement on an application by Njoku, wherein he sought the regularization of the amended judgment of Justice Mary Peter Odili delivered on May 9, 2022.

In a lead judgment, Justice Garba Lawal held that it was Chief Edozie Njoku that was wrongly removed at Jigawa without being joined as a party.

Subsequently, Justice Lawal stated that Njoku’s application was meritorious and consequently granted it as prayed.

Njoku’s motion followed a letter from the Supreme Court to him on January 19, 2023, wherein it had addressed him as the National Chairman of APGA and advised him to approach the Court by way of a motion to correct the slip.

The accidental slip, which the Supreme Court corrected, has restored Njoku as the actual National Chairman of APGA, which was wrongfully removed by a Jigawa High Court in Suit No: JDU/022/2021 between Alhaji Garba Aliyu and Chief Jude Okeke & 2 Ors.

Reacting to the judgement, Njoku appealed to the Governor of Anambra State, Charles Soludo, to make himself available for a roundtable discussion on the way forward for the party.

Njoku stated that, as APGA Chairman, he would do everything humanly possible to bring stability and peace to the party.

News Express had reported that members and stakeholders of APGA had waited anxiously for the apex court's decision on the leadership crisis that has created factions within the party.

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