Federal High Court Sacks Umeh, Okwu Reinstated as APGA National Chairman

Yesterday, a federal high court sitting in Abuja, sacked Chief Victor Umeh, National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA, from office and reinstated Chief Maxi Okwu as the chairman of the party.

Delivering judgement, Justice Abdulkadir Abdul-Kafarati ordered he National Secretary of the party, Alhaji Sani Shinkafi and other members of the National Working Committee, NWC, elected alongside Umeh at a convention held on February 18, 2011, in Awka Anambra State, to vacate their respective offices.

Aside Okwu, the court also directed the electoral umpire to henceforth relate with Mr. Ibrahim Carefor, Chief Dickson Ogu, Dr. Gbenga Afeni and Alhaji Abubakar Adamu as the duly elected national officers of APGA. They all emerged from a separate convention of the party that also held in Awka on April 8, 2013.

Meanwhile, Chief Umeh has kicked against against the judgement, saying that the court lacked jurisdiction.His legal team has dragged Justice Kafarati before the National Judicial Council, NJC.