APC convention may not hold as aspirant institutes N100m damage
By John Okezie
The proposed March 27 and 28 National Convention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) may not hold as planned if the legal action instituted at the Federal High Court in Abuja by an aspirant for the office of the National Vice Chairman, South South, Ambassador Fubara Dagogo, sees the light of the day.
Dagogo had approached the court to halt all activities for the convention following his alleged exclusion from the exercise.
The aspirant, who is the Director General of the APC States Assembly Forum (ASAF) instituted the legal action over the party’s leadership failure to issue him expression of interest and nomination forms for the convention despite paying the compulsory N5.1 million, and meeting all other requirements.
He complained that he was denied the expression of interest form despite getting an official clearance from the finance department of the ruling party.
He lamented that after several failed attempts to get his nomination forms, in line with the provisions of the APC constitution, he was left with no other option than to seek legal redress as a foundation and passionate member of the party.
In the suit marked No FHC/ABJ/C8/591/2026, in a Matter of Construction and Interpretation of the All Progressives Congress Payment Acknowledgement Receipt No 26827, 13/03/2026, Vis-a-VisTge Adjusted APC 2026 Schedule of Nationwide Congresses National Convention And Related Activities, Particularly on Purchase of Forms For National Convention, And Date of Zonal Congresses in the Six Geo – political Zones And Section 20(1) (A) of the APC constitution, Dagogo as plaintiff, through his counsel, Chief Sir OAU Onyema, Principal, Akpaagu Law House, sought the court to interpret the issues connected to the matter.
Listed as defendants in the originating summon included the APC, the National Chairman of the party, Nentawe Yilwatda, the incumbent National Vice Chairman, South South, Hon. Victor Giadom as well as the National Organising Secretary, Suleiman Mohammed Argungu.
The defendantsl on the address, Buhari House, No.40 Blantyre Street Wuse II, Abuja, Nigeria, are given a period of 30 days of service of the summon to cause an appearance for them for the summon.
The plaintiff, through his counsel, is paying the court to among other things, give “a perpetual injunction restraining the defendants from conducting any zonal congress for South south APC on Thursday, 25th March, 2026.
‘A declaration of the court that by virtue of APC acknowledgement receipt No 26827, dated 13/03/2026, issued to Fubara E. Dagogo, he is entitled to be issued with Expression of Interest and Nomination Form as an aspirant for the position of National Vice Chairman, South south.
“A declaration of the court that no APC National Vice Chairman South south can emerge from the 25th March, 2026, zonal Congress, when an aspirant like the plaintiff was excluded.
“An order of the court declaring as null and void, and of no effect, the outcome of any APC National Congress for the position of National Vice Chairman, South south, conducted on 25/03/2026 or any other time without the physical participation of the plaintiff
“An order of the court awarding a general damages of N100,000,000 (One Hundred Million Naira) against the 3rd and 4th defendants jointly and severely for the disconfitures, embarrassments and mental torture they caused to the plaintiff”
No date has, however, been fixed for hearing of the matter.
