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The African Democratic Congress (ADC) vice-presidential candidate, Rotimi Amaechi, has criticised the recent court judgment in the ADC leadership dispute as legally flawed and announced plans to appeal.
Amaechi made the remarks on Friday during an interview on NewsCentral TV. He argued that disputes over a political party’s leadership fall within its internal affairs and should not be decided by the courts.
According to him, the Supreme Court has upheld this position since the 1960s. He said the legal argument was presented before the court, but the judge failed to consider it.
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“Every elementary lawyer would know that that judgment was not properly given,” Amaechi said.
He also accused the judge of disregarding established Supreme Court decisions on party leadership disputes.
“When a judge refuses to listen to the Supreme Court, he is overruling the Supreme Court,” he said.
However, Amaechi said he would not discuss the judgment further because his team would challenge it on appeal. He also referred to a recent Supreme Court decision in another party dispute, arguing that the court had required the matter to first go through the High Court because it lacked original jurisdiction.
Amaechi said he did not want to make further comments that could bring the judiciary into public controversy. However, he maintained that he disagreed with Justice Lifu’s judgment.
“This one, even me, who is just three years old as a lawyer, I won’t give this kind of judgment,” he said.
Furthermore, Amaechi also criticised the President Bola Tinubu-led administration over poverty and insecurity. He accused the government of failing to address the hardship facing Nigerians and alleged that its leaders were more interested in looting than public service.
Amaechi also claimed that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had been asked to investigate him. He said contractors who worked with the Ministry of Transportation during his time as minister had been arrested and detained over the past two years.
When asked whether the EFCC had invited him, Amaechi suggested that there was a reason for the invitation, but did not provide further details in the interview.
