Micheal Akinleye, Chairman of All Progressives Congress
(APC) in Ado Ekiti Local Government, has threatened legal action against the
appointment of Abiola Ajimobi as Acting National Chairman.
This was contained in a letter on Wednesday to the National
Working Committee (NWC) through his counsel, Tunde Oke.
He called the NWC’s appointment of the former Oyo State
Governor as “outright nullity and contempt of court”.
Akinleye reminded the NWC that there is a pending case with
suit No. FHC/AD/CS/8/2020 before the Federal High Court in Ado-Ekiti.
He said the suit prayed against any nomination of anyone to
fill the Deputy National Chairman position Ajimobi holds and that the case was
ongoing
Among others reliefs, the suit prayed that the office should
be filled in accordance with Article 20 of the All Progressive Congress
Constitution 2014 (as amended).
Akinleye’s lawyer noted that until the case is determined,
Ajimobi’s appointment as Deputy National Chairman (South), and now as Acting
National Chairman of the party is a nullity.
The party chairman said it is on record that “all the
processes filed in the suit have been served on all the parties which serves as
notice to maintain status quo pending the determination of the suit”.
The letter recalled that, “at the time when the suit was
instituted by our Client, Ajimobi’s name had not been purportedly recognised by
the National Working Committee of APC”.
“However, during the pendency of the Suit when appearance
had been entered for all the Defendants, our attention was drawn to several
newspaper publications that the National Working Committee of APC has announced
Sen. Abiola Ajimobi’s name as the Deputy National Chairman (South).”
APC had stated that his appointment received the support of
five of the Six South West states of Oyo, Ondo, Osun, Ogun and Lagos and that
only Ekiti protested the nomination.
Meanwhile, the party has appointed Hilliard Etta to act as
the Acting National Chairman on behalf of Ajimobi, who has been away from the
public over health issues.
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