•Halts party’s local government congress in Delta

A High Court sitting in Asaba yesterday restrained Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe State and other members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) from acting or parading themselves as the National Caretaker Committee of the party until the determination of a substantive suit before the court.

The court, presided over by Justice Onome Marshal Umukoro, also put on hold, the APC local government congress scheduled for Saturday, September 4, 2021 in Delta State.

APC Deputy Chairman, Olorogun Elvis Ayomanor, leading other officials of the Delta APC, had approached the Court, following the July 10, 2021 controverted Ward Congress, which many members of the party claimed was hijacked by certain elements within the party in the state.

In the ex-parte motion by the Claimants/Applicants, lead counsel, Daubry Ebipade Richard, prayed the court to grant the seven-point reliefs sought, adding that going ahead with the Saturday, September 4, 2021 local government congress in the state, would cause more damage to the persons and interests of his clients.

Principal among the reliefs sought was “An order of interim injunction of this Honourable Court restraining the 2nd to 14th Defendants/Respondents from further acting or parading themselves as the members of the Caretaker/ Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the 1st Defendant pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice already filed and served in the suit.

“Alternatively, An order of interim injunction of this Honourable Court restraining the 2nd-14th Defendants/Respondents from conducting the Local Government and State Congresses slated for September 4, 2021 or any other date, and other Congresses of the 1st Defendant in Delta State, pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice already filed and served.

“An order of interim injunction of this Honourable Court restraining the 2nd to 14th Defendants/Respondents from further acting or parading themselves as the members of the Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee (CECPC) of the 1st Defendant pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice already filed and served in the suit.”

Lead counsel to the Defendants/Respondents, Robert Emukpoeruo, SAN, had initially challenged the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the suit but later on sought that certain parties be joined as co-Defendants/Respondents.

However, counsel to the Claimants/Applicants, Richard, guided the defence counsel to the fact that the matter before the court was an ex-parte motion, which does not require parties’ consideration.

In his brief ruling, Justice Umukoro granted seven (7) days order of interim injunction restraining Governor Buni and the CECPC from conducting the local government and state congresses in Delta State scheduled for September 4, 2021 or any other date, and other Congresses of the APC in Delta State, or parading as National Caretaker Committee of the party, pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice already filed and served.

Umukoro also granted that Governor Buni and others at the National leadership be served Originating Summons “by means, to wit, by serving same on any officer or staff of the All Progressives Congress, at the All Progressives Congress National Secretariat at No. 40 Blantyre Street, Wuse, Abuja, and deeming such service in the circumstances of this case.”

While also “granting Leave to the Claimants/Applicants to serve the Originating Summons and all other processes in this suit on the 15th Defendants/Respondents by substituted means to wit by serving same on any officer or staff of the Delta State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress at the All Progressives Congress Delta State Secretariat, Asaba, Delta State and deeming such service proper in the circumstances of this case”.

Meanwhile, further hearing on the suit was adjourned till September 7, 2021.

https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/09/02/court-restrains-buni-others-from-parading-as-apc-caretaker-committee-members/

Well done @festuskeyamo. Let Buhari keep supporting illegality. APC's case will be worse than PDP

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very good.Lawless pipu

APC own don start.

We are done for in this country. The political parties lack internal democracy which makes it impossible to have a working country that makes life easy for the ordinary citizens.
The courts now decide who get elected into offices which makes one wonder what is the need for political parties and why do we conduct elections.

APCHEAT. if you know you know.

Nonsense
, Judges are part of our major problems a. Country

Kikiki

When did they start obeying court orders.

market plenty for d country. ApC shd equally go to market in another state

Their wahala

Mr Buhari says he's for the rule of law. Now let's see if APC complies with the court's interim order.

Judicial members continuously abusing the judiciary. How can you just sit down and issue order that every officer of a national party should all stop working because one person in a state is contesting what was done in his state. You could not order that congress in his state be put on hold, but that the entire party affair that concerns the whole country should stand still. Rubbish. They will simply get a vacation order from appeal Court, and this your own will become a mere tissue paper.

The judiciary are not helping our democracy.

Which court, hope the judge is ready to be
shown the way home by our senile vegetative doppelganger figurehead braindead senseless myopic mischievous irresponsible tyrannical monkey in aso rock

Confused leaders.

A better Nigeria is all we want, not all these political shenanigans.

God bless Nigeria

Does buhari know anything about the rule of law at all?

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•Halts party’s local government congress in Delta


https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/09/02/court-restrains-buni-others-from-parading-as-apc-caretaker-committee-members/

APC. How market

This will be the beginning of the share of your president's disobedence to the rule of law

Is federal high court or state high court because state high court have no such powers.

Nigerian judges are cashing out big time

I said it before now that APC is standing with a clay legs, it will only take one stubborn man to destroy APC if care is not taken. If they like, let them go ahead with the Local government Congress on Saturday and let's see what happened next.

Do politicians still obey court orders?

APC ...e don set...oya, come chop your food.

confused people

Buhari suports buni's led APC he even installed him. so this will be one of those cases you hear the judiciary craying that the exective don't respect court orders.

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