Oluwole Afolabi,
legal counsel representing Victor Giadom, factional national chairman of the
All Progressives Congress (APC), says the purported suspension of his client is
ineffective because it is in contempt of a subsisting court order.
Giadom had declared
himself as the national chairman of the party following the ruling of the court
of appeal affirming the suspension of Adam Oshiomhole as the national chairman
of the APC.
While a high court
of the federal capital territory (FCT) reaffirmed Giadom as the acting national
chairman of the APC on Thursday, another high court in Rivers state restrained
him from parading himself as such.
The party has since
announced Abiola Ajimobi, former Oyo governor, as acting chairman and appointed
Hillard Eta, vice chairman of the party (south-south), to stand in for Ajimobi
who was “unavoidably absent”.
In a statement
issued on Sunday, Afolabi said Livingstone Wechie, media adviser to Igo Aguma,
APC Rivers state chairman, had issued a statement suspending Giadom from the
party.
He, however, said
the suspension of his client could not stand since Giadom had a case in court
regarding his membership of the APC.
“The law is trite
that a member of a political party cannot be suspended from the party while
he’s in court asserting a vested right as a member of the party,” Afolabi said.
“By attempting to
suspend chief Giadom from the party, the characters involved are trying to
force a fait accompli on the court and thereby tie the hands of the court.
“A similar conduct
orchestrated by the PDP to expel RT. Hon. Amaechi from the party while he was
in court challenging the results of the Rivers state governorship election was
condemned and rejected by the supreme court.
“The purported
expulsion of chief Giadom is ineffective and contemptuous.
“We hereby urge
INEC, law enforcement agencies and the general public to disregard the news of
the purported expulsion of chief Victor Giadom.
“In line with the
provisions of the constitution of the APC, as affirmed by the order of S.I.U.
Bature J. and a plethora of legal authorities, chief Victor Giadom remains the
acting national chairman of the APC.”
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