Appeal Court Abuja division this morning dismissed the Stay of Execution application filed by Barr Ezeokenwa Sly Jr and Prof Soludo against the judgement of the court delivered on June 28, 2024.
According to AIF Media the Appeal Court rather granted them leave of the court to go to the Supreme Court and appeal the judgement if they so wish.
Sly and Prof Soludo had filed an application to the Appeal Court asking the court to Stay Execution of its judgement which ordered INEC to recognize Chief Edozie Njoku as the authentic National Chairman of APGA.
The court refused the application. And that ends the battle.
However from the stables of the Victor Oye’s media team in a press statement said that the Court of Appeal Abuja Division today overruled Edozie Njoku and his group and granted leave to APGA, Sly Ezeokenwa and Victor Oye to appeal to the Supreme Court against the Judgment of the Court of Appeal of 28th June 2024 which Edozie Njoku is relying on to claim national leadership of APGA. The Court also lamented that the suit bothered on the national leadership of APGA and yet, Edozie Njoku and his group excluded APGA from the case all along. The Court held that the proposed appeal by APGA, Sly and Oye to the Supreme Court is arguable and raises serious issues
Edozie Njoku and his group had opposed the application vigorously, claiming that they are now the national leadership of APGA and did not authorize the application by APGA and that the name of APGA cannot be used by Sly to appeal against the Judgment. They also argued that the proposed appeal is an abuse of court process and that Oye and Sly are disobeying the judgment of the court. The Court overruled them in all the three applications with Application Nos: CA/ABJ/PRE/ROA/723MI/2024, CA/ABJ/PRE/ROA/CV/728MI/2024 and CA/ABJ/PRE/ROA/CV/870MI/2024 and stated that-
1. Sly has shown as the National Chairman of the party, that he has sufficient interest in the matter.
2. That APGA which was excluded from the case can now appeal against the Judgment.
3. That Sly and APGA were not joined in the case all along and cannot be said to be disobeying the Judgment being appealed against.
4. That the proposed appeal to the Supreme Court by APGA, Sly and Oye raise arguable grounds and serious issues of law bothering on the errors contained in the judgment.
5. That the new case filed at the Federal High Court against INEC and Edozie Njoku is valid and not an abuse of court process as it is a different case bothering on the power of INEC to replace the name of Sly with that of Edozie Njoku without a court order
With this ruling today, Edozie Njoku and his sponsors, Nicholas Ukachukwu and Chekwas Okorie have come to the end of their treacherous journey to hijack APGA.
What does granting leave to APGA under the chairmanship of Sly to appeal against Edozie Njoku and his group signify? Edozie Njoku and his group are meddlesome interlopers and should immediately stop parading themselves as executives of APGA
Mazi Ejimofor Opara KSM
National Publicity Secretary, APGA.