The National Chairman of Action Alliance, AA, Hon. Dr. Adekunle Omoaje has reacted as a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja dismisses the suit challenging the party’s national convention. describing the landmark judgment as “an end to the leadership crisis in the party”.
The suit was filed by some aggrieved members of the party challenging the national convention held at Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library, Abeokuta which produced Omoaje as the National Chairman alongside other national officers.
While delivering his judgment, Justice James Omotosho noted that the AA National Convention conducted in Ogun State was supervised by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and held that the officers elected at the convention are recognized officials of the party.
According to the presiding judge, the contested convention was conducted in line with the party’s Constitution
In his reaction to the judgment, the National Chairman of the party, Hon. Dr. Adekunle Omoaje said: “This case was not initiated by Kenneth Udeze, it was Ukadike Chinedu and Amb. Abdulrasheed, the former National Secretary of the Party, and Esther Esevohare, the Former Women Leader. They are the ones who took me and my National Executives to this court, about our National Convention.
“I commend the judiciary for its uprightness. I agree with the position of Justice Omotosho that there should be an end to litigation.”
He also commended the neutrality of the Independent National Electoral Commission during the pendency of the suit.
Earlier, some aggrieved members of AA led by Ugochukwu Ogbuji, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, filed the suit before the Federal High Court in Abuja claiming the National Convention ought not to have been conducted.
Ogbuji explained, “They went to Olusegun Obasanjo’s Library in Ogun State on October 7, 2023, and did what they called selective election without the consent of the National Working Committee (NWC) and NEC of the party.
“There was no meeting that was held that the NWC took a decision that we should have a national convention.”
