RIVERS – An aggrieved aspirant of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Ambassador Fubara Dagogo, has dragged the ruling party and some of its top officials before a Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged exclusion from the contest for the position of National Vice Chairman (South-South).
Dagogo, in a suit filed before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik, accused the APC leadership of unlawfully preventing him from participating in the party’s South-South zonal congress despite allegedly spending over N100 million pursuing the ambition.
The plaintiff claimed that although he paid for the party’s expression of interest and nomination forms, he was denied access to the forms after fulfilling all stipulated requirements.
“You cannot discard me after I spent over N100 million pursuing this ambition,” Dagogo reportedly stated in the suit, accusing party officials of deliberately frustrating his participation in the exercise.
Named as defendants in the suit are the APC, the party’s National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, National Vice Chairman (South-South), Victor Giadom, and the National Organising Secretary, Sulaiman Argungu.
Dagogo is seeking a court order nullifying any outcome of the South-South zonal congress conducted without his participation.
He is also demanding N100 million in damages for alleged embarrassment, emotional distress and mental torture caused by the actions of the party and its officials.
According to his affidavit, the aspirant alleged that after paying the required fees on March 13, 2026, he visited the APC national secretariat to collect the nomination forms but was informed that the forms were no longer available.
He further alleged that some party officials deliberately blocked him from obtaining the forms because of fears that he could defeat the incumbent office holder in the contest.
However, the APC, through its legal representatives, urged the court to dismiss the suit, arguing that the matter concerns the internal affairs of the party and is therefore not justiciable.
