Loading ...By Okey Maduforo Awka
The Anambra state chapter of the All Progressives Congress APC has described the recent Court Judgement outing the Chairman Sen Emma Anosike as kangaroo contending that non of the Executive members of the party was awear of the matter.
It further agued that the Chairman and Secretary of the party Sir Obiora Okpala were not joined in the suit and that the Executive members purported to have filed the suit were not part of the litigation.
A Federal High Court at Abuja had delivered ruling sacking the Chairman Anosike which has been unsettling the landscape.
Meanwhile the Acting Chairman of APC Anambra North Senatorial District whose name appeared as plaintiff in the matter Sir Bright Osemeka described the appearance of his name in the charge sheet as criminal adding that he was never part of the suit neither was he awear of the matter .
“This is no true and I am not aware of any suit and besides did you see the name of the Chairman and Secretary of the party in the charge list? “
In a resolution reached by the Anambra Concerned APC Stakeholders meeting in Awka which had in attendance some of the Executive members whose names appeared as plaintiffs it contended that the suit was a calculated attempt by those expelled from the party to deny it from fielding candidates in the forthcoming general elections.
“The attention of concerned stakeholders and loyal members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Anambra State has been drawn to the recent activities surrounding a purported court process and judgment allegedly targeted at the constitutionally constituted leadership of the party in the State”
“From the court documents available, the lead plaintiff listed in the suit is Mr. Elochukwu Okonkwo, while other names including Mr. Chiechezona (Bonty) Onuigbo, Barr. Livy Ugwunna, Mr. Ifeanyi Obi, Mrs. Appolonia Nwosu Uchenna, and Hon. Chibuzo Atuchukwu were also listed as plaintiffs purportedly acting on behalf of the APC Anambra State Executive”
“However, it is important to note that one of the persons listed, Mr. Bonty Onuigbo, has publicly and consistently distanced himself from the entire court process and has openly disassociated himself from the suit”
“If indeed the action was instituted on behalf of the entire APC Anambra State Executive as claimed in the court papers”
“Were all the listed plaintiffs aware that their names were being used?
Did all of them authorize legal representation on their behalf?”
“Why have some of the listed individuals publicly denied participation in the action?
These are legitimate questions which the public deserves answers to”
“Observers have noted that in what appears to be an attempt to create an impression of legitimacy, the group listed several serving members of the current State Executive as defendants, including:
Chika Ezenwaka
Mrs. Ify Chinwuko Nzekwe
Hon. Amaechi Chiweze
Hon. Bright Osemeke”
“Credible information available to party stakeholders suggests that the ultimate objective of the suit is not merely to challenge the State Executive”
“Rather, the intention appears to be to secure judicial orders that could be manipulated to:
Undermine the outcome of duly conducted party primaries.
Create uncertainty regarding candidates that emerged through recognized party processes.
Present alternative candidates who did not validly emerge from the primary elections”
“Drag the National Leadership of the APC and INEC into avoidable controversies”
“This explains why the National APC, the National Chairman, and INEC were joined in the action”the party stated .
