Kwara APC Crisis: S'Court fixes April 8 for judgement between Balogun-Fulani, Bolarinwa factions

Date: 2019-04-01

Will the court sack the Kwara State Governor-elect, Alhaji Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq or validate the judgement of the lower court to declare Kayode Abdulwahab Omotose as the rightful candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the last general elections in Kwara State.

Answer(s) to the above posers will form the thrust of the Supreme Court judgement slated for Monday April 8, 2019 in Abuja on the protracted leadership crisis rocking the Kwara State chapter of the APC.

One of the counsels to the Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction of the party, Bamidele AbdulWahab confirmed the date to this reporter last night, in a telephone chat adding that, "We have been notified about it".

Yusuf Olaolu Ali (SAN) is the lead counsel of the Balogun-Fulani led executive while Akin Olujimi (SAN) represented the Bashiru Omolaja Bolariwa (BOB) faction at the Appeal Court which was initially handled by Salman Jawondo.

The judgement, depending on where the pendulum would swing is expected to have a major impact on the political situation in the state and many of the party stakeholders and supporters are already looking forward to it.

Already, the case has become a major talking point in high quarters in the state especially after what a member of one of the parties described as "disturbing" pronouncements of the court in other states like Rivers, Zamfara and Delta over the same leadership crisis.

After the Kwara State High Court, on Wednesday December 19, 2018, recognised the executive committee of the Ishola Balogun-Fulani led APC, the Appeal Court sitting in Ilorin upturned the judgement of the lower court which was appealed by the Balogun-Fulani faction and thus setting the ground for the present scenario.

In his 13-point claims before the court, the claimants prayed the court to declare the appointment of Bolarinwa as illegal among other requests.

Delivering his judgement, Justice Taoheed S. Umaru of the Kwara State High Court, held that the APC National Working Committee (NWC) had no power to dissolve the executives led by Balogun-Fulani and directed INEC to recognise only the Balogun-Fulani-led executive committee in the state.

According to the judge, there is no lacuna in the party which would have warranted the inauguration of another executive by the NWC adding that the Balogun-Fulani executives was duly elected on May 5 and sworn in by national officers of the party on June 4.

Justice Umaru, therefore, ordered INEC to recognise all candidates presented by the Balogun-Fulani faction to contest the 2019 elections and declared as null, void and unconstitutional all actions taken by the Bolarinwa faction since June.

According to Justice Umaru, the dissolution of the Balogun-Fulani executive is unconstitutional and against the rule of law and further granted a perpetual injunction against the Bolarinwa executive from carrying out any function as chairman of the party in Kwara State.

Balogun-Fulani and Christopher Ayeni (Secretary) had instituted a suit against the APC National Chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, the APC, the party's National Working Committee, INEC and Hon Bashir Bolarinwa over the dissolution of his executives.

But the Appeal Court on Tuesday 19 February, 2019 sacked the Balogun-Fulani led executive and affirmed Bolarinwa as the authentic chairman of the APC in Kwara State, upholding the position of the APC NWC.

The appellate court judgement delivered and read by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa upheld the expulsion of Balogun-Fulani and his executive members from the party by the NWC.

The court had contended in the judgement that the state executive committee of a party is only an appendage of its national headquarters and is not imbued with the powers to conduct primaries for national elections.

The three-man panel affirmed that the high court ruling was built on nothing as the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the Balogun-Fulani's case challenging his dismissal as the APC chairman in Kwara.

Source

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Umar Bayo Abdulwahab     Musa Ayinla Yeketi     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Tope Daramola     Umaru Saro     Ahmed Bolaji Nagode     Quareeb     Justina Oha     Yekeen Alabi     Aliyu Muhammed     Emir Of Lafiagi     Kwara Hotel     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Clara Nwachukwu     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria     Tunde Saad     NULGE     Sayomi     ANCOPPS     Bashirat Bola Bello     Aso-ofi     Igosun     Salman Jawondo     Babs Iwarere     Kolo     Simon Sayomi     Salihu Alhaji Musa     Zaratu Umar     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Col. Adedipe     VADA     Dorcas Afeniforo     Alabi Olayemi Abdulrazak     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Baba Idris     Bayo Ajia     Chief Imam Of Omu-Aran     Majlis For Sadakah, Zakat And Waqf     IsDB     Marufat Oladosu     Ishaq Oloyede     Air Peace     Radio Kwara     Countryside Emerging Leaders Fellowship     Tunji Arosanyin     EndSARS     Tunde Kazeem     John Olobayo     Yusuf Lawal     Coronavirus     Stephen Fasakin     CBT     Oko     Ilorin Descendants Progressive Union     Lanre Issa-Onilu     Public Holiday     KWASIEC     Ishaq Abdulkarim     Afetu Of Alabe     Kwara State Pension Board     Kola Shittu     Nigerian Supreme Council For Islamic Affairs     Mohammed Saidu     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Sunset Workers     Afolayan     Lafiagi     Haashim Initiative For Community Advancement     Deji Ajani     Olufolake Abdulrazaq     Mansurat Amuda-Kannike     Share-Tsaragi     Biliaminu Aliu     Yekini Adio     Kwara Poly     Bankole Omisore     Bahago    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Ahmad Ali     Revenue Court     Muhammed Aliyu     Arandun     Shettima Of Ilorin     Gbajabiamila     Mahmud Ayinla Giwa     Kayode Ishola     Fatimat Saliu     Baba Issa Awoye     Vasolar Consultoria     Mohammed Danjuma     Ahmed \'Lateef     Saliu Ajia     Rex Olawoye     Femi Gbajabiamila     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Alloy Chukwuemeka     Olupako Of Share     Hamidat Sulyman-Yusuf     A.E. Afolabi     Adekunle David Dunmade     Savannah Centre For Diplomacy, Democracy And Development     SAPZ Project     Micheal Imoudu     Yusuf Zulu-Gambari     Gobirawa     Kassim Babamale     Abdulrasheed Akogun     Ronke Adeyemi     Oluwole Dupe     Soffiyyallah Kamaldeen     Abikan     Ministry Of Women Affairs And Social Development     Kolawole Akande     Code Of Conduct Tribunal     Abubakar Olusola Saraki     Abdulwahab Olarewaju Issa     Yusuf Arowosaye     Sherif Shagaya     Emir Of Shonga     Umar Ayinla Saro     LABTOP     Federal Allocation     Emir Of Yashikira     Mary Arinde     Valsolar Consultoria     Babaloja-General     Abubakar Abdulraheem     Shuaib Jawondo     Balogun-Ojomu     KWASSIP     KWASAA     Yemi Osinbajo     Saadu Gbogbo Iwe     Kazeem Gbolagade     UTME     Aisha Ahman Pategi     Kale Belgore     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Jumoke Monsura Gafar     Bola Shagaya     Ladi Hassan     Amasa     Clara Nwachukwu     Ado Ibrahim     Eleja     AbdulRasaq Abdulmajeed Alaro     Ifelodun     Bola Magaji     NITDA     John Kehinde Salako     National Pilot     Shuaib Abdulkadir     Harmony Holdings     Oniwa