By Akinwale Kasali
The Nigeria Union of Journalists, NUJ, Kwara State Chapter’s 2024 Election that resulted in litigation is yet to abate, as the Court of Appeal sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State Capital, on Wednesday, struck out the application by Dare Akogun challenging its outcome.
The Court dismissed the case for being incompetent.
Akogun had filed the application before the Appellate Court in a bid to upturn the election that produced the incumbent Chairman of the union, Abdullateef ‘Lanre Ahmed, for a second term of office.
Justice Abdu Dogo led the Appeal Court panel to deliver the ruling during the Court’s virtual sitting on Wednesday.
Defendants in the case included State NUJ Chairman, ‘Lanre Ahmed; former NUJ National President, Christopher Isiguzo; NUJ National Secretary, Achike Jude; former NUJ Zone ‘D’ Vice President, Christopher Atsaka; Chairman, Kwara NUJ Credential Committee, Abdulhamid Funsho Alaiye; Kwara NUJ Credential Committee Secretary, Sulyman Bolaji Gobir, and NUJ National Secretariat.
It would be recalled that the National Industrial Court of Nigeria, NCIN, sitting in Ibadan, Oyo State Capital had struck out similar application by Dare Akogun to join in the suit filed by Babajide Fadeyi of Federation Information Chapel to challenge his disqualification as a Vice Chairmanship aspirant from the state NUJ triennial conference also known as election.
The lower court dismissed the entire suit and awarded N100,000 each against the litigant for wasting the court time following his application to withdraw the substantive suit.
According to the court, the sum of N100,000 was awarded against Fadeyi, and was to be paid to each of the seven defendants in the suit, totaling N700,000.
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