Before the convention, the National Working Committee, led by Umar Damagum, suspended three top officials, National Secretary Samuel Anyanwu, National Organising Secretary Umar Bature, and National Legal Adviser Kamaldeen Ajibade, for alleged anti-party activities. A court in Abuja first stopped the convention, saying the party didn’t follow its own rules when it failed to get […]
The ruling came after the court issued an interim order allowing the party to hold the convention as planned in Ibadan, Oyo State. According to the ruling delivered by Justice A.L. Akintola directed the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, to monitor and observe the proceedings of the convention. This order stands pending the hearing and […]