An Abia State High Court, on Friday set aside its order restraining the National Chairman of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA), Chief Victor Umeh, from parading himself as the national chairman of the party.
In his ruling, the trial judge, Justice U. Ononogbo, held that the plaintiffs misled the court.

Five members of the party in the state, Chief Lucky Erondu, Chief Godwin Ibendiogwu, Emma Onyemuru, Sunday Orji and Alwell Okere, had on Tuesday filed an ex-parte motion before the court, claiming that Umeh’s tenure had expired on December 1.
The judge, without asking the plaintiffs to put the defendants on notice, proceeded to restrain Umeh from exercising his functions as the national chairman of APGA.

At the resumed hearing of the case, the judge set aside the order upon realising that two recent judgments by the Court of Appeal in Enugu and Abuja had given the  Umeh-led leadership of APGA till next year to remain in office.
Responding to the setting aside of the order, Umeh reiterated that his position remained intact on the strength of two appellate court judgments in his favour.

He said the two appeal courts, one sitting in Enugu and the other sitting in Abuja had earlier in their separate judgments written and declared that his tenure expires next year.
He said: ‘’There are people who are saying that I am no longer the national chairman of APGA and that my tenure had expired. I want to tell you that the Court of Appeals sitting in Enugu and Abuja had in their separate judgements written and ruled that my tenure expires next year’’.