The Supreme Court has ruled the appeal filed by the All Progressives Congress (APC) in its favour.
The appeals made by the All Progressives Congress, APC, had been upheld by the Supreme Court.
APC was challenging the ruling of the lower court in favour of Dele Moses and 10 others in the Supreme Court.
However, Justice Amina Augie, in the lead judgment, held on Friday that the appeal had merit and therefore subsists.
According to her, the appeal is not a pre-election matter but purely a party affair, the appeal has merit, subsists and the Court of Appeals judgment is therefore set aside.
She added: "A political party is a voluntary body with its rules, regulations or guidelines which if you agree to be a member must obey and work within the rules’’.
NATIONAL PANEL gathered that on 20th December 2020, a Rivers High Court ruled that those who bought forms during the 2018 Congresses but were denied participation rights should be incorporated in any new Congress of the party without them paying for new forms.
The ruling was delivered by Justice George Omereji in the suit filed by some Chieftains of the All Progressive Congress APC, Dele Moses and nine others, against the party and its National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
Moses and nine others had prayed the court to order APC not to sell ward, Local Government and State Congresses nomination forms but should declare them the authentic party members.
The court, however, denied their prayers that they be declared authentic members of APC and be entitled to own the Leadership of Rivers APC.
Dele and others had prayed the court to order APC not to sell ward, Local Government and State Congresses nomination forms.
The lower court had ruled that those who bought forms during the 2018 Congresses but were denied participation rights should be incorporated in any new Congress of the party without them paying for new forms. -NAN.
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