Akpanudoedehe Issues 24hrs Ultimatum To APC Chairman, Adamu (Details)

Akpanudoedehe Issues 24hrs Ultimatum To APC Chairman, Adamu (Details)

Senator John James Akpanudoedehe, the immediate past Secretary of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) has written Senator Abdullahi Adamu, the party’s National Chairman, demanding his full compliance with the order of the court on Akwa Ibom APC.

The new APC National Chairman has secretly sworn in Stephen Leo Ntukekpo as the APC Chairman in Akwa despite the court of Appeal ruling staying execution of the decision of the lower court.

In a letter by his lawyers, Akpanudoedehe has therefore asked the APC Chairman to quickly reverse the action he took so as not to foist a state of helplessness on the appellate court

He maintained that Ntukekpo, INEC and APC, respondents in the case were all present in court when the order was granted

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The text read: “We have the instruction of Senator John James Akpanudoedehe herein after referred to as our client to write to you regarding the aforesaid subject matter

“According to our client he was personally in the Court of Appeal on the 7° of April 2022 and in the presence of the 1* Respondent Stephen Leo Ntukekpo) and their Counsel as well as the Counsel to All Progressives Congress (4° Respondent) in the Appeal amongst other Respondents, who were all represented In court when the Court of Appeal directed all the parties In the Appeal to maintain the Status Quo pending the hearing and the determination Of the pending applications being Motion for Stay of Execution as well as challenge on the Courts Jurisdiction on the 17” May 2022 A copy of the said Order for emphasis is attached hereto for ease of reference and marked annexure J3A01,

‘”Our client further confirmed, that the order has also been served on the All Progressives Congress at its National Head Quarters.

‘”Surprisingly in spite and despite your Party’s presence in court and the service of the order on your party, you proceeded to take deliberate steps to overreach the order of the Court of Appeal by purporting to swear-in the It Respondent ‘as the State Chairman APC Akwa Ibom State on the 11th of April 2022, long ‘after the order of the Court of Appeal had been made to your knowledge.

“One ‘wonders to what end this will lead as the Independent National Electoral Commission was represented in court and is under a duty to obey the extant orders of the Court, the order for of Status ‘Quo that was made in this case.

“There Is no doubt that your action is allowed to stand would have foisted a ‘situation of helplessness on the Honourable Court with respect to the hearing. and the determination of the pending Motion for Stay of Execution. This Should not happen as courts are act known to make orders in vain.

“Take notice, therefore, that by this letter you are accorded 24 hours to reverse every action taken by you that has overreached extant orders of the Honourable Court of Appeal directing that status quo be maintained”.

Akpanudedehe warned that should the APC National Chairman fail to heed the wording of the letter, he will not hesitate to seek necessary legal remedies.

“In the event that you fail to comply with the dictates of this letter, we shall without reverting to you any further, take appropriate procedural steps within, ‘the law to ensure that your actions are referred and brought in line with the extant Orders of the Honourable Court amongst other sanctions known to law ‘The Rule of Law should prevail at all times. We say no more.”