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  • Oshiomhole breaks silence on suspension, Giadom’s takeover, Obaseki’s resignation, others

    Oshiomhole breaks silence on suspension, Giadom’s takeover, Obaseki’s resignation, others

    The suspended National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, said last night that claim by Deputy National Secretary Victor Giadom that he had taken over as acting chairman is against common sense.

    According to him, the party is ruled by its guidelines.

    He spoke on a Channels Television programme.

    The Court of Appeal, he said, did not suspend the National Working Committee (NWC) from functioning and the constitution of the party states clearly who acts as the chairman in his absence.

    He said: “My advice to my brother, Victor, is about common sense – in the absence of the Chairman, there is nothing in our rules and the court can only interpret the rules of the party and the Constitution of Nigeria. It serves to common sense that if the chairman is absent, it should be the deputy; in the absence of the deputy, it is the vice-chairman. How does the deputy secretary come in? As we speak, we have a secretary in the office. People should put God first, our party’s interest second, and our democracy deep in their hearts and not trying to use any externality to destabilise it.

    “Everybody knows that we ought to resolve issues in line with the party’s rule. How can a deputy national secretary, assuming he was still one, claim to be the chairman?”

    Oshiomhole said he accepted the judgment suspending him from office in good faith and will be meeting his lawyers on the next line of action.

    He said: “It is not for you to choose whether to obey or not. I accepted the judgment in good faith. I am a product of the judiciary and I always tell people that if I am not a convict today, it is the courtesy of a courageous Bench and a very resourceful Bar. All my life has been of a struggle, people have always oppressed and harassed me and the court has always come to my aid even my being governor was courtesy of the court. My lawyers will advise me on the next line of action after studying the judgment. I thank their lordship for the judgment.”

    According to him, there is no doubt about the resignation of the Edo State Governor Godwin Obaseki.

    “Until 7pm yesterday, I remained the chairman of the APC. Before then, the governor of Edo State had voluntarily resigned his membership. That resignation has since been accepted. The screening has been completed and all that was left was done today by the members of NWC.

    “We are 21 members in the NWC. Since the court has upheld what they described as suspension by my ward, I did not attend the meeting in obedience to the Court of Appeal but it did not suspend the functioning of the NWC and the constitution of the party states clearly who acts as the Chairman in the absence of the Chairman. The NWC met and about 16 out of 20 took some decisions to ensure all attempts to scuttle the primary election in Edo was not successful and went ahead to appoint those that will conduct the election,” he said.

  • Court grants Giadom interim order to preside over APC’s NEC affairs

    Court grants Giadom interim order to preside over APC’s NEC affairs

    Justice Samira Bature of the an FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, on Monday granted an interim order permitting Chief Victor Giadom,the current Acting National Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), to act as the National Chairman of the party.

    The judge granted the order in a motion ex-parte, marked FCT/HC/M/6447/2020, filed by APC National Vice Chairman (North-East), Comrade Mustapha Salihu, which was argued by his counsel, O.C. Ugwu, Esq.

    Joined as defendants in the motion are Babatunde Ogala; Lanre Issa-Onilu; Waziri Bulama and the party, APC.

    Salihu had approached the court, through the exparte motion, seeking for an interim order allowing Giadom to pilot the affairs of the party .

    And also, as acting chairman and to preside at all meetings of the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) pending the decision of the party’s NEC fixed for March 17.

    The applicant also sought an interim order restraining the APC and its officers or anyone purporting to act as an officer of the 4th defendant (APC) from preventing or in any way disturbing Giadom from functioning as the acting chairman.

    He added, unless otherwise decided by the NEC of the party pending the hearing of the motion on notice.

    After listening to the motion as argued by Ugwu, Justice Bature granted the interim order as prayed.

    “Application is hereby granted as prayed,” the judge ordered.

    Bature then adjourned the matter until March 20 for hearing.

  • Giadom resigned APC NWC position, lacks merit to call NEC meeting – Nabena

    Giadom resigned APC NWC position, lacks merit to call NEC meeting – Nabena

    The Deputy National Publicity Secretary, of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Mr. Yekeni Nabena, has alleged that the Deputy National Secretary of the party, Chief Victor Giadom, officially resigned his position in the National Working Committee (NWC) to contest as running mate to the party’s 2019 governorship candidate in Rivers State, Tonye Cole.

    Giadom, who is now the ActingNational Secretary of the party had last week called for emergency National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting scheduled for Tuesday.

    Nabena made the disclosure on Saturday while speaking with jorunalists in Abuja, while reacting to the legality of of the NEC meeting convened by Giadom.

    Nabena said: “I call on members of our party and the public to disregard the so called zonal caucus meeting which held on Thursday at the Edo State Governor’s Lodge in Abuja. The meeting was neither convened nor attended by the APC National Vice Chairman (South South), Hilliard Eta and Leader of the party in the South-South, Deputy Senate President, Ovie Omo-Agege. Hence, all decisions reached at the purported meeting is a nullity and definitely does not reflect the views and stand of the Party’s South South caucus.”

    Nabena noted that the members of the party cannot be taken for a ride because of the political and 2023 presidential aspirations of Giadom’s sponsor and godfather who is attempting to control the party’s structure.

    According to him, “It should be known that Victor Giadom tendered his resignation letter to the National Working Committee (NWC) to contest the 2019 election as the Party’s Deputy Governorship candidate in Rivers State. It is strange and an aberration that he still attends meetings of the NWC, occupies the office of Deputy National Secretary and convenes a NEC meeting. In our politicking, we must not lose sight of due process and the dictates of the Party’s constitution.”

  • Update: South-South APC leaders back Giadom as Oshiomhole’s replacement

    Update: South-South APC leaders back Giadom as Oshiomhole’s replacement

    Leaders of the All Progressives Congress from the South-South region have recommended Victor Giadom, as a replacement for the embattled National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole while stressing that the party’s National Executive Committee meeting scheduled for next Tuesday must hold.

    Recall that TheNewsGuru, TNG yesterday reported that Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi, Minister of State, Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo SAN, Minister for Health and Minister of State for power , among other top executives of President Muhammadu Buhari’s cabinet met with top South-South APC leaders and Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo state last night to perfect plans to remove the embattled National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole.

    They have also asked all members of the party from the six states in the zone to attend the meeting.

    At a zonal caucus meeting, which ended on Thursday night in Abuja, the leaders endorsed the current Acting National Chairman of the party, Victor Giadom, as a replacement for the embattled National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.

    A communique released at the end of the meeting noted that the leaders recognised the NEC as the only organ to resolve the APC crisis.

    The communique was read on behalf of the leaders by the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki.

    The communique reads in part, “At the meeting, the leaders of the zone deliberated extensively on situation in the party and at the end of the meeting, they adopted the following resolutions:

    “That as a party, we commend our brother, the Acting Chairman of the APC, Victor Giadom, for rising to the occasion by providing leadership for the party in this trying times.

    “That we fully support the convening of the National Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday, March 17th, as the NEC is the only recognised organ under the constitution of our party to resolve the APC crisis.

    “That we insist that the party should respect the current zoning arrangement by retaining the chairmanship of our great party in the South-South zone even in an acting capacity.

    “We resolved that the most senior officer of the party from the zone, being the National Acting Secretary, Chief Victor Giadom, should be confirmed Acting National Chairman for the time being.

    “We urged all our brothers and sisters from the zone to fully embrace the NEC meeting and not boycott the emergency NEC meeting, which has been slated for Tuesday, March 17th. Because boycott in a democratic environment is always counterproductive.”