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In May 2019, the AAC had suspended Sowore, who was the presidential candidate of the party in the 2019 election, as well as Malcolm Fabiyi, who was deputy national chairman, following allegations of misappropriation.
Leonard Nzenwa was, thereafter, appointed the acting national chairman.
In July 2019, a federal high court in Abuja, presided over by Inyang Ekwo, had affirmed Sowore’s suspension.
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The court also ordered Fabiyi to stop parading himself as deputy national chairman of the party and restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from further recognising Sowore, pending the determination of a motion on notice.
Ekwo, in his judgement, also said Sowore’s failure to personally swear to the counter-affidavit filed against him means that Nzenwa’s claim remains undisputed.
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According to PREMIUM TIMES, the fake court records surfaced in the appeal filed by INEC at the Supreme Court to challenge the August 10, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, ordering the relisting of 23 political parties earlier deregistered by the electoral body.
The rules require an intending appellant to file a notice of appeal and compile the records of the lower court and have them transmitted to the higher court within three months of the delivery of the judgment to be challenged.
INEC had filed a notice of appeal against the August 10, 2020 judgment of the Court of Appeal, but the records it claimed to have compiled and transmitted to the Supreme Court to set the stage for the hearing of its case by the apex court, have been exposed by the respondents to be fraudulent.