North Central Groups File Legal Challenge Against Ganduje’s APC Chairmanship

The Concerned North Central APC Stakeholders, in a correspondence addressed to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) dated April 30, called for the reinstatement of the party’s zoning policy, which originally allocated the chairmanship to the North Central zone.

Two groups from the North Central region have initiated legal proceedings to challenge Abdullahi Ganduje’s position as the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC).

The Concerned North Central APC Stakeholders, in a correspondence addressed to the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) dated April 30, called for the reinstatement of the party’s zoning policy, which originally allocated the chairmanship to the North Central zone.

The document, endorsed by Muhammed Saidu Etsu, Gbenga Lubem, AbdulGaniyu Lukman, Bagu Bung Jung, Isa Abubakar Imam, and Mohammed Kabiru Idris, expressed apprehension regarding Ganduje’s ongoing role as chairman, pointing to breaches of the APC Constitution and the agreement established at the 2022 National Convention that mandated the National Chairman from 2022 to 2026 be from the North Central Geopolitical Zone.

Through their legal representative, Joshua Oka Obono Obla, the group filed an originating summons, contending that Ganduje’s selection by the National Executive Committee (NEC) on August 3, 2023, subsequent to Senator Abdullahi Adamu’s departure, was in violation of the party’s constitution.

The group is petitioning the court to invalidate Ganduje’s appointment as the APC National Chairman, claiming non-adherence to the prescribed procedures of the party’s constitution.

The defendants listed in the legal action are Ganduje, the APC, the NEC of the APC, and the NWC of the APC.

In a parallel move, the North Central All Progressives Congress (APC) Forum, through their lawyer Ayuba Abdul, lodged a complaint with a Federal High Court in Abuja disputing Ganduje’s appointment as Adamu’s successor in 2023.

The court has yet to schedule a date for the hearings.

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