CHIEF MAXI OKWU CHIEF DICKSON OGU (SUING FOR THEMSELVES AND ALL THE OTHER NATIONAL OFFICERS ELECTED AT THE NATIONAL CONVENTION OF APGA HELD AT THE WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, AWKA ON 8 APRIL 2013) V. CHIEF VICTOR UMEH ALHAJI SANIA. SHINKAFI (FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF THE MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL WORKING COMMITTEE “ELECTED” BY A MOTION ON 18 FEBRUARY 2011 AT A CONVENTION HELD AT THE WOMEN DEVELOPMENT CENTRE, AWKA) COMRADE IBRAHIM CAREFOR DR. GBENGA AFENI ALHAJI ABUBAKAR ADAMA INDEPENDENT NATIONAL ELECTORAL COMMISSION

OKORO JSC (Delivering the Lead Judgment): This is an appeal against the judgment of the Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, delivered on 18 June 2014, wherein the appeal of the present 1st and 2nd respondents against the judgment of Kafarati J., of the Federal High Court Abuja was allowed and the judgment of the trial Federal High Court set aside. A synopsis of the facts will suffice.

Briefly, the record of appeal shows that the 1st and 2nd respondents were the National Chairman and National Secretary of theAll Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) from the year 2006. At the meeting of the National Executive Committee of APGA held on 1 December 2010, it was resolved that the tenure of the reconstituted members of the National Working Committee be renewed for another four years. On 10 February 2011, the tenure of the appellants was extended by a motion for another four years in a convention of APGA. As at 10 February 2011, the 1st appellant was not a member of APGA, having been expelled fro…