APC governors pass vote of confidence on Mala-Buni
By Blessing wika ,Abuja
Governors of the ruling All Progressives Congress APC have formally thrown their support for their counterpart in Yobe and National Chairman of the APC Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Hon. Mai Mala Buni with regards to his appointment into such capacity by the National Executive Committee NEC of the party.
The governors made their position known in a statement issued Thursday in Abuja and signed by their chairman, Gov. Abubakar Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi state.
Nigerian NewsDirect learned that the governors arrived at the decision to support Buni after series of consultations among themselves and other stakeholders.
On July 28, 2021, the Supreme Court had pronounced split decisions on the appeal and counter appeals before it in the judgment of Ondo Gubernatorial Election petition.
Prior to the release of the written judgment, the governors said a lot of analyses and interpretations had been made, with some clearly mischievous.
The statement reads, “We thank the Supreme Court for this landmark judgement, which among others have dealt conclusively with legality of the APC Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, its composition and all its decisions.
“The Supreme Court upheld the finding of the Court of Appeal that the National Caretaker and Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee ‘was set up to act on behalf of the National Executive Committee to temporarily carry out the function of the National Working Committee until new members were democratically elected.’”
The Supreme Court upheld further the ruling of the Court of Appeal that “it is evident that the said Governor Mai Mala Buni was appointed only in an acting capacity on a temporary basis to temporarily carry out and fill in the seat of the National Chairman of the party pending the elections of new members.”
The holding of the Court of Appeal was not appealed against by the appellants, that is, Eyitayo Jegede S.A.N, gubernatorial candidate of the PDP in the last election in Ondo State and the Peoples Democratic Party.
According to the Supreme Court, “by not appealing against this holding, the parties herein accept it as correct, conclusive and binding upon them.”
