In a judgment delivered by Justice Uchechukwu Onyemenam of the Court of Appeal, the appellate court held that Justice Uche Ogomoh of the Federal High Court in Ibadan, went beyond the reliefs sought by parties when she recognised the caretaker committee.
The dispute arose from a judgment delivered on January 30 in which Ogomoh held that the caretaker committee led by Abdurahman Mohammed and Senator Samuel Anyanwu was the legitimate leadership structure of the party.
The Court of Appeal said none of the parties before the lower court sought such a declaration from the Federal High Court.
“In the instant case, there is clearly a live issue where the trial court went outside the reliefs sought to recognize and uphold a factional caretaker committee,” Onyemenam held.
The appellate court said the trial court’s decision was tied to the legitimacy of the Ibadan convention, which had already been nullified by the
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