BEVERLY HILLS, February 24, (THEWILL) – The Supreme Court has fixed March 5 for judgement in the Rivers All Progressives Congress (APC) Caretaker Committee Chairmanship suit.
A chieftain of the APC, Igo Aguma, filed the suit against the Court of Appeal judgement that set aside the decision of the High Court, which had earlier declared him the Caretaker Committee Chairman of the party in the state.
Justice Amina Augie, who led a five-member panel of justices, fixed the date after listening to the arguments of the parties in the matter.
The Appeal Court sacked Aguma as the Caretaker Committee Chairman of APC and recognised Isaac Ogbobula as the authentic caretaker committee leader.
It held that it was the exclusive right of the National Executive Committee of the APC under the party’s constitution to appoint a Caretaker Committee for any organ of the party.
However, Aguma rejected the judgement, raising some issues, which he said vitiated the verdict of the court of appeal.
He questioned the jurisdiction of the co6urt of Appeal to entertain the matter.
He argued that since the subject matter of the case was already at the Supreme Court, the Court of Appeal overreached itself by giving the judgement.
