Lawan, who represents Yobe North Senatorial Districvt in the Senate, contested and lost a bid to secure the APC presidential ticket
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Justice Samira Bature of the an FCT High Court sitting in Maitama on Monday granted an interim order permitting Chief Victor Giadom, the current Acting National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, to act as the National Chairman of the party.
The court, which has initially said it was not going to sit on the case on Monday, reversed itself and opted to hear the suit at 4pm
An FCT High Court had on Wednesday granted an order of interim injunction stopping Oshiomhole from parading himself as the National Chairman of APC, pending the determination of a suit
Justice Danlami Senchi granted the injunction on Wednesday
Salihu declared his position when he spoke with newsmen on Tuesday at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja
They gave the endorsement at the end of a two -day APC North East Zonal meeting in Bauchi on Sunday.
Mallam Lanre Issa-Onilu, the APC newly-appointed National Publicity Secretary, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
Ajiya, in a letter addressed to Salihu through the National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, entitled; `Re: Letter of Vote of No Confidence’ which was made available to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said the suspension was in line with the party’s article 21D.
The State Chairmen and NEC members, who switched the venue of their meeting after it was leaked to the leadership of the party, had the backing of some governors elected on the platform of the APC and aspirants for next year’s elections
Abubakar had in an interview during the week complained of having been sidelined in the affairs of the party, while Alhassan declared her support for the former vice president ahead of Buhari for the 2019 presidential election