Jubilation Galore At ADC National Secretariat, As Party Celebrates Appeal Court’s Verdict

It was jubilation galore at the national secretariat of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, as the leadership, members and other stakeholders of the party celebrated the judgment of the Court of Appeal which set aside the judgment of the Federal High Court (FHC) in the case of ‘ADC v. Oggah and 10 others with the National Chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Nwosu…..CONTINUE READING…CONTINUE READING

But reacting to the judgment that was delivered on Tuesday, September 5, 2023, the National Chairman of the party, Chief Ralph Nwosu, declaring that as a family, the verdict should be taken as a case of “no victor no vanquished”

This was made known in a statement endorsed by the ADC’s National Publicity Secretary, Mabel Oboh.

In the judgment, according to Oboh, the Court of Appeal set aside the judgment of FHC and agreed that FHC had no jurisdiction to have entertained the matter ab initio, being an internal affair of a political party and not within Section 251 & 285 of the Constitution which provided for the jurisdiction of the FHC.

The national publicity secretary in her statement said the National Chairman, Nwosu, while reacting to the judgment soon after the appeal court’s pronouncement congratulated the party over its victory but quickly added: “It is no victor, no vanquished. It is a family misunderstanding”.

According to her, the national chairman further declared, “I give God the glory because he has used this to teach us a lesson that we will not forget so fast.

“ADC remains the party of the people always. Our reconciliation effort will be intensified. A political party is about people working together on ideas and ideals.

“So our door, as always, remains wide open to all peoples of goodwill, value-driven and transformative in character, thoughts, and worldview. Together we shall join hands to build the Global Campus of African Democratic Congress, ADC, the party’s ongoing legacy project.

“The judgment was sound, we have justices of outstanding reputation. Our lawyers did a marvelous job in presenting our case.

“Recall, INEC had called our attention to organise our national convention and we obeyed. Party delegates were mobilised to come to the ancient city of Zaria in Kaduna state for the convention.

“We took all steps, notified INEC, and made newspaper advertisements. Before the media, security men and women, INEC documented everything and the file is there.

“Anyone can request for the CTC of the ADC National Convention.
“We are a law-abiding organisation. I thank God most importantly. I appreciate our BOT, NEC and entire membership of our great party who stood on the part of truth and justice. To our critical stakeholders, mentors, and guides, I extend my gratitude, your support, encouragement, and guidance saw us through all the challenges.”

“He further used the opportunity to advice ADC stakeholders to continue to remain as one big family and continue to do everything possible to join in building our nation back to it’s past glory, especially at this difficult time the nation is going through”, Oboh further stated in her statement…..CONTINUE READING