ISIAKA, NRM NATIONAL LEGAL ADVISER EXPOSES NJOKU/UDEH DECEPTION THAT INEC ATTENDED THEIR ILLEGAL EMERGENCY CONVENTION
Barr Musa Isiaka, the National Legal Adviser of National Rescue Movement (NRM) has exposed the misleading falsehood circulated on some media units that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) officials monitored the gathering of none NRM members, tagged NRM Emergency Convention, despite writing two letters to declare such “convention” as illegal.
In a statement directed to members of the party, NRM, but also made available to the media by Musa Isiaka, Esq, titled,
“EMERGENCY CONVENTION OF NRM: INEC NEVER ATTENDED THE UNLAWFUL, ILLEGAL AND UNAUTHORIZED GATHERING OF 17/1/2025 AND THERE WAS NO COMPELLING COURT ORDER”, to expose the propaganda, he asserts that:
“Contrary to the falsehood being peddled by miscreants and mischief makers suggesting that INEC attended the unauthorized gathering and presumed birthday Party of 17th January 2025, our investigation have revealed as follows;
“1. INEC never attended the said unlawful, illegal and unauthorized gathering of 17/1/2025, later termed ‘Emergency Convention’ of the National Rescue Movement (NRM) as INEC is too busy to attend to frivolous, baseless and directionless gatherings.
“2. Again, contrary to the satanic speculations, there was no court order compelling INEC to monitor the said gathering of 17/1/2025.”
Therefore he clarifies that, “the Order being paraded by the mischief makers was just an order for leave to apply for writ of mandamus, and for INEC to produce Certified True Copy of a letter of 9th January, 2025, where the Commission counselled and educated Udeh and Njoku on doing what is right and shun illegalities or ‘short cut’. Hence, no action or decision was taken, leaving noting to be stayed.
“Hence, INEC did not participate in the said gathering of 17/1/2025 conducted by Isaac Udeh, Edozie Njoku, and there was no compelling order.
“The purported Emergency Convention remain a farce and a figment of imagination in the mind of Edozie Njoku, who was recently sacked by the Supreme Court in his attempt to hijack APGA”.
He thus mockingly expressed sympathy with Mr. Edozie Njoku who he said must still be suffering from psychological trauma of the post Supreme Court defeat that knocked him off the position of the factional chairman of APGA, the party he sharply divided just as he is trying to do to NRM. However, he added that “we need to also remind ourselves that NRM is not a dumping ground nor a consolation centre, but a party built on fine principles of integrity and decency on a mission to rescue Nigeria.
“To worsen the foundation of desperation, we gathered that one Oladimeji Ekengba administered the oath of office to Mr. Edozie Njoku as the purported National Legal Adviser of NRM (what a joke)
“Hence, we urge you all, dear Party Leaders, to remain firm and resolute in the discharge of your duties and never get distracted by the sinking ship of frustration”.
It is of note that on November 27, 2024 the Supreme Court upheld an appeal by the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), recognising Sly Ezeokenwa as its National Chairman, thereby upholding the earlier judgement of the lower court restraining Edozie Njoku from parading himself as the national chairman of APGA
Also in the judgment, the court awarded N20 million as cost against Edozie Njoku for filing a frivolous suit at FCT High Court, Bwari over the matter.
And one month and few days after this Supreme Court judgment, the same Edozie Njoku had switched over the National Rescue Movement (NRM) and with the connivance of the former National Chairman of NRM, Isaac Udeh called for an Emergency Convention that the National Management Committee (NMC) and other officials of the party clearly dissociated the party from. And INEC in two separate letters directed to Isaac Udeh clearly asserted that such Emergency Convention is illegal as the normal procedure to call for any kind of National Convention according to the constitution was not followed.
However, the duo of Njoku and Udeh still continued with it and out of the 36 State Chairmen, 47 members of the National Executive as well as the 12 members of National Management Committee of the party, NRM; only the former National Chairman, Mr. Isaac Udeh was present, while others were completely new faces as declared by the party officials, who observed that “Njoku is desperately attempting to create a faction in NRM, which unfortunately for him, he couldn’t get any other leader of the party to his side, apart from the former National Chairman, Isaac Udeh.
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