APM Crisis Deepens As Zonal Chair Asks Court To Halt Party’s Proposed National Convention
The leadership crisis rocking the Allied Peoples Movement (APM) has taken a new turn as an elected zonal chairman, Musibau Olayiwola, has asked the Federal High Court in Ibadan to halt the party’s planned national convention scheduled for August 12 and 13 in Bauchi State.
Olayiwola, who described himself as an elected zonal chairman of the party, is challenging the alleged refusal of the APM to issue him a nomination form ahead of the convention.
In the suit, he is asking the court to determine whether, having emerged as zonal chairman at the party’s congress held on May 23, 2026, he is required to obtain a nomination form for his position to be ratified at the national convention.
He further alleged that despite efforts to obtain the form, the party denied him access to it, arguing that the development could prevent the ratification of his position.
Olayiwola is seeking an order restraining the APM, its officials and the chairman of the convention planning committee from proceeding with the August 12–13 convention in Bauchi pending the determination of his application.
He is also asking the court to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from attending or monitoring the convention if the exercise proceeds without his inclusion.
The defendants in the suit include the APM, its National Chairman, Yusuf Mamman Dantalle, National Secretary, Odayeyi Ayodele Adebayo, the Chairman of the Planning Committee for the National Convention and INEC.
Olayiwola, in a supporting affidavit, said he was a bona fide member of the party and had emerged from the May 23 zonal congress, adding that the names of those who emerged from the congresses were submitted to the party’s national body and INEC.
He is also seeking declarations that the alleged refusal to issue him the nomination form violates his rights under the APM constitution and the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
