Sacked AFAN executives appeal against High Court order

The All Farmers Association of Nigeria (AFAN) executives led by Architect Kabir Ibrahim have approached the Abuja Court of Appeal to set aside the judgement that sacked them from office, saying the Federal High Court has no jurisdiction on internal matters that relate to civil society organizations like AFAN.

 In a suit filed by their lawyer, Barrister A.O Okeya at the Abuja Court of Appeal on 29th March , the sacked AFAN executives appealed against the Federal High Court (FHC) order of 24^th March issued by Honourable Justice Taiwo Taiwo that sacked them from office to be vacated on the ground of lack of jurisdiction and other errors.

In the notice of appeal, motion for stay of execution, the dissolved executives demanded the need to interrogate the FHC jurisdiction on matters relating to Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) and financial institutions, adding that the judge has given judgement in favour of Alh. Farouk Mudi without full consultation to all document submitted to him for study.

They argued that many of the documents presented to the judge were not exhaustively studied to arrive at the given judgement, adding that ‘‘ the CAC’s decision to cancel their registration of Kano chapter of AFAN, a registration illegally done by Farouk Rabiu Mudi and several affidavits submitted by us were not even considered’’

 ‘‘ We think the learned judge erred in the law by giving judgement in the plaintiff’s favour without asking for the True Certified Copy ( TCC ) of the All Farmers Association of Nigeria’s (AFAN) constitution from the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), reviewing the evidences and affidavits adduced by our counsel and the contemptuous election conducted by Farouk and his group after instituting a suit against us’’