A Top Court docket in Rivers Situation presided over by means of Justice Godswill Obomanu has nullified the LGA and Situation congresses performed by means of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers situation.
The courtroom additionally awarded a price of N10-million in opposition to the defendants (APC & Abdulahi Ganduje) the Nationwide Chairman of the birthday party.
Justice Obomanu stated that the hot LG and Situation congresses of the birthday party had been in utter disrespect of courtroom series and courtroom processes.
Recall that some individuals of the birthday party (Okwu Joebrown Dike & Otrs) had filed a lawsuit in courtroom claiming illegal exclusion from the congresses and Justice Obomanu had on Nov 21 2024 ordered the APC to halt the congresses pending resolution of the swimsuit.
In his prudence Justice Obomanu stated that the Okocha crew, having grow to be acutely aware of the pendency of the courtroom orders issued on November 21, 2024, and served on events on November 22, 2024, must have halted the congresses.
He had issued an ex parte series preventing the habits of congresses within the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers Situation.
The series was once got on November 19, 2024, to debar the NWC of the APC which had concluded preparations for the congresses which started on November 16, 2024 with ward congresses.
An ex parte series is typically issued in issues thought to be so pressing that it can not stay up for the eye of the alternative birthday party, and it’s usually installed playground till additional hearings can also be held. This can be a restraining series.
Now, some APC individuals who stated they purchased methods to competition the congresses however had been denied the methods going to the prime courtroom. They’re Okwu Jiebrown Ndike, Amusement Oganu, and Samuel Uchegbule for the others within the ca Go well with Incorrect. PHC/3859/CS/2024.
ALSO READ: Wike provides Abuja land homeowners pristine two-week threat to decide expenses on C-of-O
A distinct prime courtroom in Port Harcourt had sacked the Okocha-led caretaker committee of the APC, spotting the Emeka Beke elected government committee.
The Court docket additionally ordered that the Okocha-led APC congresses must no longer keep. The courtroom had thus halted the marching series on August 16, 2024, by means of the Nationwide Operating Committee (NWC) of the APC to the Caretaker Committee (CTC) of the birthday party within the situation to habits ward, council, and situation congresses.
The courtroom series was once an experte restraining the nationwide management of the APC led by means of the chairman, Ganduje, the secretary, Surajudeen Ajibola-Basiru, from going forward to habits deliberate congresses scheduled to keep on eleventh, sixteenth and twenty sixth October, 2024.
Alternative defendants within the fits filed by means of Peter Ohochukwu and Hajia Ndidi-Chukwuma for themselves and all elected government individuals of APC within the situation come with APC as a birthday party, the Inspector-Normal of Police, the Nigeria Police, and the Separate Nationwide Electoral Fee (INEC).
The justice, Godwin O. Ollor, in his ruling at the ex-parte movement additionally blocked the defendants both for themselves, their males, officials or brokers from engaging in, supervising, keeping, tracking or in any alternative approach habits election to form up Rivers Situation Govt Committee of APC in Rivers Situation.
Then again the NWC of the birthday party gave a walk forward to the Okocha-led Caretaker Committee to advance with the congresses and closing Saturday went forward to inaugurate the executives, the Tony Okocha because the situation chairman.
READ MORE FROM: NIGERIAN TRIBUNE