By Dayo Omoogun
The All Progressives Congress (APC) is heading for another National Working Committee (NWC) factional crisis as a fallout of the appointment of Senator Abiola Ajimobi
as the Acting Chairman following the Appeal Court’s affirmation of the suspension order on Comrade Adams Oshiomhole who was until yesterday the substantive National Chairman.
Victor Giadom, the National Secretary of the party has again started opposing the appointment of Ajimobi claiming that he ought to step in, and that there is a court order to that effect.
In a letter by his counsel Wole Afolabi addressed to the party, reference was made to an order Giadom obtained from an Abuja High Court in March 2020 to that effect.
“COURT RECOGNIZES VICTOR GIADOM AS ACTING NATIONAL CHAIRMAN OF APC Our attention has been drawn to a statement purportedly issued by the Publicity Secretary of the APC to the effect that Senator Abiola Ajimobi is to act as the National Chairman of APC following the suspension from office of Comrade Adams Oshiomhole by the Court of Appeal. We wish to state that the statement must have been issued in complete ignorance of the order of the FCT High Court issued on 16th of March, 2020, by Hon. Justice S. U Bature in Suit No. FCT/HC/M/6447/2020 to the effect that Chief Victor Giadom is to act as the National Chairman of the party due to the suspension of Adams Oshiomhole as the National Chairman.”
“The order was given the same day that the Court of Appeal earlier gave Oshiomhole a temporary respite by staying the execution of the said order suspending Oshiomhole. Now that the Court of Appeal has affirmed the order of suspension, it is only proper that the Order recognizing Chief Victor Giadom is implemented.”
“Consequently, we have written to all law-enforcement agencies to implement the said order and anyone who attempts to parade himself/herself other than Chief Victor Giadom as the Acting Chairman of the APC would be facing contempt of court proceedings.”