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The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has struck out a suit challenging the competence of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Pheobe Ayua struck out the name of the APC National Chairman, the National Working Committee (NWC) and CECPC National Secretary as non-juristic persons. The court held that the action was non-justiciable and incurably incompetent, noting that the substratum of the matter bordered on the internal affairs of the ruling APC. The APC is in crisis, with leaders divided into power blocs ahead of the 2023 elections, but Commissioner for Information and Communications in Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo, has dismissed the notion of a crisis. He believes the Buni leadership has done well in stabilising the party and attracting political heavyweights.

The Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State has struck out a suit challenging the competence of the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC). Justice Pheobe Ayua struck out the name of the APC National Chairman, the National Working Committee (NWC) and CECPC National Secretary as non-juristic persons. The court held that the action was non-justiciable and incurably incompetent, noting that the substratum of the matter bordered on the internal affairs of the ruling APC. The APC is in crisis, with leaders divided into power blocs ahead of the 2023 elections, but Commissioner for Information and Communications in Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo, has dismissed the notion of a crisis. He believes the Buni leadership has done well in stabilising the party and attracting political heavyweights.