A Member of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed determination to reject the Court ruling by a High Court in Kano vacating Wednesday’s order by Abuja High Court which suspended the party’s National Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole.
Speaking to journalists on Thursday at the National Secretariat of APC, the party’s National Vice Chairman for North-east, Saliu Mustapha, said two courts of coordinate jurisdiction cannot seat on appeal of the same Federal High Court.
Mustapha said the only court that has the jurisdiction to seat on an appeal is the Court of Appeal, insisting that the suspension still prevails until the hearing of the matter or if there is any contrary order from the Court of Appeal.
“A Federal High Court cannot seat on appeal on FCT High Court. The only court that has the jurisdiction to seat an appeal is the court of appeal in this case and the court order of the FCT high court was served yesterday,
“Most of you have the copy of order and it is an elementary law that first in time prevails, that of Abuja High Court came earlier and we seek for interlocutory injunction and there is affidavit of urgency which seek to prevail certain kinds of mischief which we prayed that the court should help prevail which they did so”, he stated.
