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A Federal High
Court sitting in Abuja yesterday said that the 2009 National Convention
of the All Progressive Grand Alliance (APGA) under the leadership of
Chekwas Okorie was in order.

Last September, a
factional chairman of the party, Victor Umeh, had approached the court
for an order to stop the convention organised by Mr. Okorie. During the
convention, the National Working Committee of the party expelled Mr.
Umeh, Sani Shinkafi and Peter Obi as members and officers of the party.

Mr. Umeh’s faction
had also asked the court for an order restricting the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) from implementing the resolutions
of the convention.

However, Justice
Tanko Soba said that Mr. Okorie had complied with the necessary
requirements before the convention was held and therefore the
convention could not be nullified.

After the court
decision, Orji Okorie, media representative of Chekwas Okorie, said the
dismissal of Mr. Umeh’s suit was the last obstacle in the party’s
preparation for the 2011 general election.

‘’Consequently, the
party has scheduled its National Working Committee meeting and National
Executive Committee meeting on Tuesday, 30th November, and Wednesday,
1st December 2010, respectively at Abuja to approve the party’s
programme for its nationwide congresses/primaries,” Mr. Orji Okorie
said.