The court of appeal in Abuja has affirmed Omoyele Sowore as
the substantive chairman of the African Action Congress (AAC).
In May 2019, the AAC reportedly suspended Sowore, who was
the presidential candidate of the party in the 2019 elections, as well as
Malcolm Fabiyi, who was deputy national chairman.
Sowore, who is a founding member of the AAC, had alleged
that some members of the party were in cahoots with “external agents” to hijack
the party.
In July 2019, a federal high court in Abuja, presided over
by Inyang Ekwo, ruled against the former AAC presidential candidate.
Sowore had, in an appeal marked CA/A/812/2019, challenged
the judgment which declared Leonard Nzenwa as the acting chairman of the party.
Delivering judgment in the appeal on Thursday, a
three-member panel of justices led by A.J. Adah held that the lower court has
no jurisdiction to meddle in the internal affairs of the party.
Consequently, the appellate court set aside the judgment of
the lower court recognising Leonard as acting chairman.
The court further awarded the sum of N200,000 as damages
against the respondent in favour of Sowore.
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