pointblanknews.com<\/a>\u00a0on Tuesday in Gusau indicated that the case was filed before the court on Monday, July 12.<\/p>\nRecall that the Chairman of APC\u2019s Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, (CECPC), and Yobe state governor, Mai-Mala Buni had on June 29 announced the dissolution of all the party\u2019s leadership structure in Zamfara while receiving Gov. Bello Matawalle into the APC from the PDP.<\/p>\n
The plaintiffs, Alhaji Abdulaziz Danmaliki and nine others applied to the court on the matter, through D. C. Enwelum (SAN), of Bello Umar & Co., Legal Practitioners and Notary Public of Zamfara situated in Gusau.<\/p>\n
The suit has the CECPC Chairman of APC, Alhaji Mai-Mala Buni as first defendant, the All Progressives Congress as second defendant and the Independent National Electoral Commission as third defendant.<\/p>\n
The plaintiffs want the court to determine whether the CECPC chairman had the right to dissolve them and handover affairs of the party, and whether the Independent National Electoral Commission can lawfully accept and deal with any other officer of the party in the state, other than the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n
They asked the court to declare as \u201cmere oral announcement, of the dissolution, on June 29, as illegal and a void act contrary to Article 14.1 (lll), (V) and (Vlll) of the party\u2019s constitution.\u201d<\/p>\n
They are also affirming that the dissolution does not extinguish the legal rights of the plaintiffs and that the first defendant lacks the right to remove the plaintiffs who were duly appointed by the National Secretariat of the party on December 8, 2020.<\/p>\n
\nThey submitted that the June 29, announcement, dissolving all executives and party structures in the state is null, void and of no effect as well as seeking the court to order the third defendant (INEC), not to accept or deal with any other state officer other than the plaintiffs.<\/p>\n
The plaintiffs also urged the court to set aside and nullify the announcement made by the first defendant, dissolving the executives and handing over affairs of the party to Gov. Matawalle as the party leader.<\/p>\n
They also prayed the court to order that the appointment of the plaintiffs subsists.<\/p>\n
They appealed to the court to restrain the first and second defendants from disrupting their tenure of office pending the conduct of congresses at all levels and also restrain the third defendant from recognising or dealing with other members.<\/p>\n
Enwelum (SAN), the lawyer in the suit, submitted that the defendants should respond within 30 days of receipt of the summon from the July 12, without which \u201cproceedings may be taken as the presiding judge may think just and expedient.”<\/p>\n
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