The Supreme Court has reaffirmed Edozie Njoku, as the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
The apex court made the pronouncement in a judgement on an application by Njoku, wherein he sought the regularization of the amended judgment of Justice Mary Peter Odili delivered on May 9, 2022.
Njoku’s motion followed a letter by the Apex Court to him on January 19, 2023, in which the Court addressed him as the National Chairman of APGA and advised him to approach the Court by way of a motion for the regularization of the amended Judgment of Justice Ukaego Mary Peter Odili on May 9, 2022.
Njoku had approached the Apex court pursuant to Order 8 Rule 16 of the Supreme Court Rules and the inherent powers of the Court, to correct a typographical error and slip in the Lead Judgment of the Court in the Appeal presided over by and delivered by Justice Mary Ukaego Peter-Odili (Rtd), on October 14, 2021.
The accidental slip which was corrected by the Supreme Court has restored Njoku as the actual National Chairman of APGA, which was wrongfully removed by a Jigawa High Court in a suit between Garba Aliyu and Jude Okeke & 2 Ors.
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While delivering Judgment, Justice Garba Lawal held that Edozie Njoku was wrongly removed without being joined as a party.
Subsequently, Justice Lawal stated that Njoku’s application was meritorious and consequently granted it as prayed.
Edozie in the suit had urged the apex court to Correct an accidental slip on page 31 lines 3 – 4 of it’s Judgment where instead of stating the name of Edozie Njoku ” who was alleged to have been removed by the Party and whom the trial Judge held to have been lawfully removed from his positional the validly elected National Chairman of APGA at the party Congress held at Oweriri, mistakenly stated the name of Victor Oye whose name was never mentioned at the trial.
Editor: Ena Agbanoma
