The scheduled hearing in the appeal by the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has been put off by the Court of Appeal, sitting in Abuja.
The court had, last week, sent notices of hearing to parties in the appeal. But, when parties got to court, on Monday, a panel of three Justices led by Justice Stephen Adah sat to hear other cases.
The panel later rose with a promise that another panel would be reconstituted to hear Oshiomhole’s appeal.
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Parties were, however, taken aback when, rather than having a new panel, a female official of the court announced to a packed courtroom that the court has elected to hear Oshiomhole’s appeal on a later date to be communicated to parties later.
The embattled national chairman of the APC and his supporters, who had been in court since a little over 8:00am, met with their team of lawyers on what next steps to take.
As he exited the courtroom, with his supporters behind, Oshiomhole told journalists that he would await the court’s decision in the case.
Oshiomhole’s appeal is against an earlier judgment of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) which among others, restrained him acting as the National Chairman of the APC.
