Appeal Court upholds Agada-led Benue APC exco, voids caretaker committee

The Court of Appeal sitting successful Makurdi on Wednesday, affirmed the judgement of the Benue State High Court, which nullified the dissolution of the Augustine Agada-led State Executive Committee of the All Progressives Congress, APC, by the party’s National Working Committee, NWC.

In its ruling connected Appeal No. CA/MKD/119/2024, the appellate tribunal dismissed the entreaty filed by the APC against the earlier judgement delivered by Justice T. A. Kume of the Makurdi High Court.

Delivering the pb judgement connected behalf of the Presiding Justice, the tribunal held that each 5 issues raised by the appellant were resolved against the APC and successful favour of Augustine Agada and 8 others.

The appellate tribunal besides upheld the consequential bid of the little court, which declared that each actions taken by the Benjamin Omale-led Caretaker Committee were “null and void and of nary effect whatsoever.”

Benjamin Omale, listed arsenic the 10th responsive successful the appeal, aligned with the arguments precocious by the APC but did not record immoderate abstracted process earlier the court.

Reacting to the judgment, Agada expressed assurance successful the judiciary’s quality to dispense justness and called connected members of the enactment to stay calm and united.

The ruling efficaciously reinforces the legitimacy of the Agada-led APC State Executive Committee successful Benue State portion invalidating the caretaker committee earlier constituted by...