The Abuja division of the Court of Appeal on Friday resolved the protracted National Chairmanship tussle in the Action Alliance (AA) in favour of Kenneth Udeze.
In a unanimous judgment, a three-member panel of the appellate court affirmed Kenneth Udeze as the authentic National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA).
Justice H.A. Barka who delivered the lead judgment of the court dismissed the Appeal filed by one Adekunle Rufai Omoaje in Appeal number:CA/ABJ/CV/955/2022 challenging the judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), in suit number:FCT/HC/CV/174/2022.
The judgment of the High Court which was delivered on March 28, 2022, by Justice Eleojo Enenche affirmed Udeze as the authentic National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA) and validated the 14th, March 2021 National Convention of the party.
In dismissing the appeal for lacking in merit, the Court of Appeal further awarded the cost of N4 million against Adekunle Rufai Omoaje in favor of Udeze and the other three respondents.
Justice Barke held, “I am of the view that the appellant has not placed any reasonable material before this court to warrant this court to interfere with the judgment of the lower court
“This appeal lacks merit and is deservedly dismissed with a cost of N1m each in favour of the respondents, ” Justice Barka held.
But in a swift reaction, Omoaje who was present in court has vowed to challenge the judgment at the Supreme Court.
In a sister judgment, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal led by Justice H A. Barka also affirmed Kenneth Udeze as the authentic National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA).
The second judgment was in respect of appeal number:CA/ABJ/CV/526/2022 Between one Uzewuru Nwachukwu Vs Kenneth Udeze and 2 ors.
The parties in this Appeal avail themselves at the Court of Appeal mediation center and amicably settled all issues regarding the position of the National Chairmanship of Action Alliance (AA) in favor of Udeze and was adopted by all parties which the Appeal court had entered as a judgment in favour of Udeze as the authentic National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA).
With the two courts of Appeal judgments this January 26 affirming Udeze as the authentic National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA), is now finally put to rest the party’s prolonged legal tussle on the National Chairmanship.
Speaking after the verdict, an elated Udeze expressed his profound gratitude to the Nigerian judiciary while affirming that indeed it is the last hope for a common man.
“We thank our party legal team led by a former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice (AGF), Michael Aondoakaa (SAN) for diligent prosecution of the matters.
“We thank all the partfaithfulls across Nigeria and beyond for their prayers and we urge you to have faith and always support Kenneth Udeze-led National Executives of the Action Alliance (AA),” he said.