A High court sitting in Makurdi, Monday, set aside the interim order restraining Austin Agada as the Benue State All Progressives Congress, APC.
The Chief Judge of the State, Justice Maurice Ikpambese who presided over the case also nullified the appointment of the Acting Chairman and other appointments in the party.
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Agada approached the court seeking to vacate the order restraining him after a Benue State High Court restrained him from parading himself as the chairman of the party following his purported suspension by his ward chairman and six others on Tuesday.
The court ruling agrees with the statement by the APC national body which also set aside the Agada’s suspension.
Find below letter from the APC national secretariate
ALL PROGRESSIVES CONGRESS
National Secretariat (Buhari House)
40 Blantyre Street. Wuse II, Abuja- Nigeria
FCT, ABUJA JANUARY 31, 2024
PRESS STATEMENT
SUSPENSION OF AUGUSTINE AGADA SET ASIDE – REMAINS BONAFIDE BENUE STATE APC CHAIRMAN
The attention of the National Leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has been drawn to media reports of the purported suspension of the Party’s Chairman in Benue State, Mr Augustine Agada, by Party executives in his Ehaje Ward 1, Owukpa, Ogbadibo Local Government Area of the state.
The Party has directed that the said suspension and all related actions in the matter be, and are hereby, set aside pending further review and decision of the Party’s National Working Committee (NWC) on the matter.
Therefore, Mr Augustine Agada remains a bonafide member, and the Chairman of the Benue State Chapter, of our Party.
Signed:
Felix Morka, Esq. National Publicity Secretary
