From Godwin Tsa, Abuja
National Chairman of the Action Alliance AA), Chief Kenneth Udeze, has petitioned the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Prof Mamud Yakubu over alleged plot by some highly placed staff of the commission working with disgrunted politicians to drag the commission into fresh leadership tussle in the party despite the January 26 Appeal court judgment which affirmed him ( Udeze ) as the authentic national Chairman of AA.
In a petition dated March 25 and made avaliable to journalists in Abuja, Chief Udeze specifically called for retirement of Director, Election and Party Monitoring. (EPM), INEC Abuja Hajia Hauwa Habib who he said are desperately working with Mr Adekunle Omoaje Rufai to trigger fresh leadership crisis in the party
He alleged how Hajia Habib and her cohorts in the commission’s legal department are tirelessly working to convince the commission and the Federal High court Abeokuta Ogun State to give recognition to the purported National Convention of the party held on 7/10/2023 even after the court of appeal judgments of January 26 ,2024 which had put to rest the leadership tussle rocking the party .
The national chairman specifically accused Hajia Habib of deliberate ” misrepresentation of facts in respect of a pending suit number; FHC/AB/CS/12/2024 Abeokuta Ogun State between Action Alliance (AA) and & 9 others vs Mr. Kenneth Udeze & 1 other AND Suit No, FHC/KB/CS/12/2024 Between Action Alliance (AA), Hon, Adekunle Omoaje Rufai vs INEC going on in Kebbi State well after the Court of Appeal Abuja division had laid to rest the issue of Action Alliance leadership.
He stated, “recall sir that I was re-elected as the National Chairman of Action Alliance (AA) on 14th March, 2021 National Convention of the party. The said convention was affirmed by the FCT High Court in Suit number: FCT/HC/CV/174/2022 between Chief Uzewuru Nwachukwu and Kenneth Udeze and 2 others. It is worthy to note that the Commission was party to the said suits. Attached herewith is the judgment and Chief Barr Kenneth Udeze INEC recognition letter as the National Chairman of the party and marked as Annexure A and B.
Same FCT High Court suit number, FCT/HC/CV/174/2022 was appealed by the claimant Chief Uzewuru Nwachukwu in Appeal number: CA/ABJ/CS/526/2022 between Chief Uzewuru Nwachukwu and Kenneth Udeze and 2 others.
Also one Adekunle Rufai Omoje a former state chairman of the party who claimed he was the National Chairman of the party by virtue of his purported National Convention of the party held on 15th February, 2020 in Osogbo Osun State sought the leave of the court of appeal to appeal the said FCT High Court Judgment that affirmed Chief Barr Kenneth Udeze as the National Chairman of the Action Alliance and also affirmed the party’s National Convention of 14th March, 2021 and was granted leave to appeal. The said leave granted to Mr Adekunle Omoaje to appeal is hereby attached and marked as Annexure C.
Adekunle Rufai Omo-Aje and others having appealed the FCT High Court Judgment that recognizes Chief Barr Kenneth Udeze as
Chairman of Action Alliance (AA) and the 14th March, 2021 National convention of the party wherein he was re-elected as the National Chairman with other National executive members. The said court of appeal judgment and the enrolled order is hereby attached and marked as Annexures D and E.
In a related development the court of appeal in appeal number: CA/ABJ/CS/526/2022 between Chief Uzewuru Nwachukwu and Kenneth Udeze and 2 others also finally resolved the issues of Action Alliance (AA) National Chairmanship tussle of the party because all parties in the said appeal having used the court of appeal mediation center to settle their differences and entered their terms of settlement as consent judgment in favour of Chief Barr Kenneth Udeze as the National Chairman of the party delivered on 26th January, 2024 settles the issue of AA leadership as the consent judgment is binding on all party members which includes Adekunle Omoaje and his cohorts by virtue of paragraph 9 of the Memorandum of Settlement should he Omoaje insist on being a member of (AA).