Chairman of the Rivers State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hon. Ojukaye Flag-Amachree, has stated that the party’s Ward, Local Government and State Congresses that took place on May 19, 20 and 21 respectively and which saw his emergence as the Chairman, were not subjects of any court action.
Hon. Flag-Amachree was reacting to a Port Harcourt High Court ruling on Wednesday that annulled congresses held in the State by the APC.
Ojukaye said that the annulment must be connected to the matter relating to the disputed May 5 and 12 Ward and Local Government APC Congresses of which the party’s lawyers have actively been pursuing.
He stated that as far as he is concerned, they were not served any fresh cause of action against the May 19, 20 and 21 congresses, saying that it is unthinkable and unimaginable because no such linkage exists.
Explaining further, Hon. Ojukaye Flag-Amachree stated that it was absurd for anyone to talk about the new set of congresses even when the party counsels had filed a notice of preliminary objection against the jurisdiction of the court and the notice of appeal to that effect brought to the notice of the court over the May 5 and 12 congresses that the national leadership of APC eventually cancelled.
“We believe that the court knows that it is its duty to determine the matter of preliminary objections and other motions filed by the APC counsels before it can question subsequent congresses or actions of the party. At this moment, there is no court action and or order on the State Exco or all those that emerged at different levels of the party on May 19, 20 and 21 congresses”
He equally assured party faithful and the general public that there was no cause for alarm as the party will not waste time in taking any unfavourable court outcome to the highest possible level of appeal. He advised all party officers to go about their normal duties without fear.
