The leadership tussle rocking the Action Alliance (AA) has taken a fresh turn as the faction led by Chief Kenneth Udeze moves to halt ongoing proceedings at the Court of Appeal, Akure Division.

The Udeze-led camp has filed an application seeking the withdrawal of two motions—CA/AK/268M/2025 and CA/AK/309M/2025—on the grounds that continuing with the matters serves no practical purpose.

The application is coming on the heels of a September 29, 2025 judgment by the Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, which ruled in favour of a rival faction led by Chief Adekunle Rufai Omoaje.

However, the Udeze camp insists that the Osogbo ruling cannot override existing and subsisting decisions of the Court of Appeal, which had earlier affirmed Udeze as the authentic National Chairman of the party.

In a statement issued by the National Secretary of the party, Vernimbe James, the leadership maintained that multiple judgments of the Court of Appeal—including that delivered on January 26, 2024, by the Abuja Division—recognised Chief Kenneth Udeze as the lawful and substantive chairman of the AA.

“The general public and the media are aware that the issues involving Adekunle Rufai Omoaje and others are already pending before the Supreme Court,” the statement said.

The appeal at the apex court, marked SC/CV/162/2024, is between Omoaje and others and Chief Uzewuru Nwachukwu and others, challenging the earlier Court of Appeal judgment.

According to the statement, the existence of the pending Supreme Court case underscores the argument that pursuing fresh motions at the Court of Appeal amounts to a duplication of issues already before a higher court.

The Udeze-led faction further argued that, by the doctrine of hierarchy of courts, the Federal High Court lacks the authority to overturn binding decisions of the Court of Appeal, which remain valid and enforceable until set aside by the Supreme Court.

As the Akure Division of the Court of Appeal prepares to hear the application, attention is now focused on whether the court will agree to strike out the motions or allow the legal battle within the party to proceed.

The development highlights the deepening crisis within the Action Alliance, as rival factions continue to seek judicial validation of their claims to the party’s leadership.