The Enugu state Division of the Court of Appeal has adjourned indefinitely the appeal pending before it on the leadership tussle in the All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA.
The court said the adjournment followed the decision of the National Judicial Council, NJC, on the petition written by the respondent, Jude Okuli accusing the panel of bias.
The three-man panel of justices, including Paul Galinje (Chairman), Justice F. A. Kwasami and Tom Yakubu, who presided over the appeal said at the resumed hearing of the case on Thursday that the respondent, Mr. Okuli had petitioned the NJC over their ruling for stay of execution of the Enugu State High Court’s decision that removed from office, the party’s National Chairman, Chief Victor Umeh.
Galinge said the NJC had forwarded a copy of the petition to him for his comment, adding that he had since done that.
He said that since they were aware of the pendency of the petition, the substantive appeal could not be heard until the council takes decision on the petition.
He therefore adjourned the matter saying that further hearing of the appeal would depend on the outcome of the petition before the NJC.
Meanwhile, the Appeal filed by Okuli at the Supreme Court against the stay of execution granted Umeh by the appellate court, had been slated for hearing on December 16 and 17, this year, one month after the scheduled November 16 governorship election in Anambra State.
Also, the Federal High court sitting in Awka had last week vacated the interim order it earlier made, restraining Chief Maxi Okwu, chairman of the Governor Peter Obi’s faction of APGA from parading himself as the national chairman of the party.
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