The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja would today begin hearing into the appeal filed by erstwhile National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Victor Umeh, challenging the Federal High Court judgment that threw him and former National Secretary of the party, Sani Shinkafi, out of office.
Justice Abubakar Abdul-Kafarati of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja had on January 15 ruled in a suit filed by current Chairman, Maxi Okwu, that not only had Umeh and Shinkafi's tenure expired as at December 2010, Umeh abandoned also his suit challenging his expulsion from the party while Shinkafi had long exceeded the maximum period allowed by APGA constitution for elected party officers.
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