The ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Zamfara State has expressed elation at the ruling of the Sokoto Division of the Court of Appeal upholding an earlier judgement by the Federal High Court, Gusau filed by the Abdulaziz Yari-led faction challenging the dissolution of the state’s APC caretaker Committee.
The appelants (the dissolved caretaker committee), which held fort before the election of the recently inaugurated Tukur Danfulani-led Exco, was dissolved by the Mala Buni-led Extra-ordinary Convention Committee of the party.
The judgment was in relation to an appeal filed by Alh Abdul Aziz Dan Maliki and others from the Abdulaziz Yari-led faction.
In the lead Judgement delivered by Justice Precellia Mahmud and supported by Justice Danjuma Muhammad, the Court of Appeal dismissed the appeal and Upheld the Judgment of the Federal High Court, Gusau which declined jurisdiction to entertain the matter for being purely an intra party affair of a Political Party (APC), saying it should be resolved through internal mechanism of the party.
However, Justice Fedrick Oho, who gave minority judgment, allowed the appeal and set aside the Judgment of the Federal High Court, Gusau.
The Appeal Court’s judgment confirms that APC leadership has acted within the ambit of the party’s laws and the nation’s constitution.
“As leaders we enjoin all agrieved members to come and join hands with the Tukur Umar Danfulani leadership of the party in the state to move the party and the state forward by accepting destiny,” the Zamfara APC Publicity Secretary, Yusuf Idris Gusau, appealed in a statement.
“The current leadership of the party in the state has continued to exhibit maturity in the conduct of party administration,” he observed.