By Kayode Abdulazeez, Ilorin
A factional All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State headed by Honourable Bashir Omolaja Bolarinwa has described the judgement of Kwara State high court Ilorin that declared his led state executive committee illegal as dead on arrival.
The Bolarinwa faction which is also the executive committee recognized by comrade Adam Oshiomhole led national Working committee of the party said “the case filled by the legal representative of Ishola Balogun-Fulani faction and tendered at Ilorin high court was between caretaker executive committee of the then APC when National Working committee first made me head of that caretaker executive committee immediately the suspension of Ishola Balogun-Fulani led executive for anti party activities to cover the vacuum”
“and just unfortunate for them, the national Working committee of the party had after some weeks dissolved that caretaker executive and inaugurated legally elected executive committee in the state which so many members of that caretaker executive could not made it to the present executive committee”
He, however said “as believers in the rule of law and the ability of judiciary in dispensing justice without fear of favour and in the best tradition of incorruptible judiciary, we refused to take their boisterous attitude and utterances as mere psychological ego massaging. Alas, the developments that culminated in the judgement and the conduct of Justice T.S. Umar in the course of trial have proved to us that our absolute beliefs in the impartiality and absolute integrity of every judicial officer is grossly misplaced in the instance case”
“I wish to intimate you all that every conduct of Justice T.S. Umar that made the judgement no news have been documented and forwarded by our lawyers to the Chief Justice of Nigeria as the Chairman of the National Judicial Council and copied to the Chief Judge of the State”
He, added that “the judgement does not have any effect on the list of candidates that will fly the flag of the party in the 2019 general election because the primaries elections that produced party candidates was at the jurisdiction of the National Working Committee Of the party”
“The law is clear on party primaries for election of candidates and no pronouncement of a state high court can change the established position of the Supreme Court of Nigeria” he said.
