Umeh affirmed APGA chairman by Appeal Court

Chief Victor Umeh has been affirmed as the authentic national chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) by the Court of Appeal sitting in Enugu.

There was a tumultuous jubilation within the premises of the court as Umeh supporters sang and danced as soon as the news of the judgment filtered out.

Incidentally, most supporters of the factional chairman of the party, Maxi Okwu,
who were in the court immediately, swayed their support to Umeh’s camp with some of them stripping off the T-shirts given to them by Okwu.

The appellate court quashed the February 8 judgment of the Enugu State High Court delivered by the state Chief Judge, Justice Innocent Umezulike, that sacked the entire National Working Committee of APGA on the ground that their tenure expired in 2010.

In a lead judgment delivered by Justice Tom Yakubu, the appellate court granted all the four reliefs sought by the applicant (Umeh) and resolved all the issues set out for determination in his favour.

The other two judges – Justices Paul Galinje (Chairman) and Modupe Kwasami aligned themselves with the verdict.