At the Court of Appeal in Abuja, the senator who represents the Gombe Central Senatorial District also requested a stay of execution. On June 27, a Federal High Court in Abuja presided over by Justice Obiora Egwuatu dismissed Goje’s lawsuit seeking his expulsion from the APC as lacking merit.

In an appeal dated July 4 and filed through his counsel, Paul Erokoro (SAN), Goje submitted that the trial judge’s reliance on the technicality that the deponent was a practicing lawyer in the law firm representing Goje although he was not involved in the suit, was not substantial justice.

 Goje argued before the Court of Appeal that the lower court erred in concluding that his right to a fair hearing was not violated since it was held in his absence and at a time that was earlier than the date that he had been notified.

He claimed that the Tanimu Abdullahi committee’s letter to him failed to provide the particulars of the alleged anti-party acts and added that he showed that the notice was fueled by resentment.

He pleaded the appellate court to keep things as they were in the case while the appeal was being heard.

Due to charges of anti-party activity, the APC Kashere Ward in Gombe State’s Akko Local Government Area dismissed Goje.