The National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, has threatened to drag the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) to court for failure to recognise the Ugochukwu Agballah-led faction of the party in the September 21 local council election in the state. The Alphonsus Nwafor-led faction of the party had earlier in the week suspended Agballah and other executive members of the party in the state.....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
They also secured a court injunction restraining Agballah from parading himself as APC chairman in Enugu state.
ENSIEC on its part has continued to deal with the Nwafor-led faction of the APC for the local council election.
But in a letter dated August 26 and addressed to ENSIEC chairman, Prof. Christian C. Ngwu, the APC chief accused the commission of undermining the party in Enugu State.
He declared that Agballah remains the APC chairman in Enugu State and should serve as the bridge between the party and ENSIEC.
Hence, the former Kano State governor threatened to file a lawsuit against the commission if it continued to deal with “faceless persons unknown to the party on the election.
The letter read: “Our attention has been drawn to your Commission’s meddling with, and undue reference with the Management, Control, and Administration of the All Progressives Congress as a political party especially in Enugu State by Commission’s recognition and acceptance of a group of faceless persons who are unknown to the party as the authorized officers of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State in violation of the Constitution of APC and the extant laws in Nigeria.
“Your Commission has on its own accord chosen to engage with this group of faceless people who were neither elected officers of the party nor accredited representatives of the party for the conduct of the October 5th, 2024 Local Government Elections in Enugu State.
“We state that the actions of your Commission violate the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 under which the All Progressives Congress was lawfully registered.
“Kindly be informed that the Hon Ugochukwu H. Agballah is the duly elected and recognized State Chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Enugu State and is the only officer authorized by our party to submit names for the Chairmanship and Councillorship election that would be conducted by your electoral commission.”
“Take notice that if your Commission fails, neglects, and refuses to desist from further undue interference with the Control, Management, and Administration of All Progressives Congress (especially in Enugu State), as it relates to, connected with, and arising from the forthcoming Local Government Election in Enugu State, the party will be left with no other option than to instruct our lawyers to seek redress before a Court of Law without further recourse to your Commission.”
