The court in a judgment also awarded an N20 million fine against Edozie Njoku for filing a frivolous suit at FCT High Court, Bwari.
The Federal High Court in Abuja had restrained Njoku from parading himself as the national chairman of the party.
In a judgment, Justice James Omotosho held that there was no valid court judgment or order, including a judgment from the Supreme Court, that recognized Njoku as APGA national chairman.
APGA and its National Chairman, Sylvester Ezeokenwa had, in the suit filed the suit as 1st and 2nd plaintiffs. In the originating summons filed on 12 July, the plaintiffs sued the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and Njoku as 1st and 2nd defendants.
They filed the suit following the removal of the names of Ezeokenwa, a legal practitioner, and his executive officers from the INEC website, and their replacement by the names of the Njoku-led leadership of APGA by the electoral umpire on 9 July.
Delivering the judgment, Justice Omotosho held that Federal High Court in Abujawas wrong to have recognized the Njoku-led leadership of the party, adding that there is no subsisting court order upon which it acted.
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Omotosho said the decision of the Supreme Court was clear as to who the national chairman should be and it is certainly not Edozie Njoku.
He said that Victor Oye was recognized by law, saying that the 1st defendant must, therefore, restore their names as the National Executive Officers of All Progressives Grand Alliance party.
The judge held that the Supreme Court had settled the matter in the case between Njoku and Oye on who the valid national chairman of the party was in suit dated March 24, 2023.
He held that the Supreme Court did not alter the substance of the judgment delivered on 14 October 2021, affirming the judgment of the Court of Appeal, which set aside the judgment of the High Court of Jigawa and held that who should be the acting national chairman of the party is within the confines of the internal affairs of the party which is not justiciable.
According to Omotosho, there is no order by the Supreme Court recognizing Chief Edozie Njoku as chairman of the party and it is a wonder how the 1st defendant could have claimed that its action was based on a purported court order.