The Federal High Court in Warri has restrained the All Progressives Congress (APC), its National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, its National Legal Adviser, Mr Muiz Banire (SAN) as well as the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from taking steps to dissolve the executive council of the party in Delta State.
APC State chairman, Prophet Jones Erue, along with two other persons, had filed a motion ex-parte on Friday, November 27, 2015, seeking an order to restrain the national body and its executive members from dissolving the executive council.
According to The Nation, the motion with suit number FHC/WR/CS/165/2015, before Justice M. Shitu Abubakar, had requested the court to give “an order of interim injunction restraining the 1st – 3rd Defendants/Respondent’s from taking step or any other step of dissolution of the Delta state executive committee of the All Progressives’ Congress, headed by 1st Plaintiff and the setting up of an interim executive committee, pending determination of the motion on notice.”
After hearing the motion by counsel to the plaintiffs, J.A. Otorudo, the court ordered that the national body of the party should stay action on any planned dissolution of the subsisting Delta APC exco.
“It is hereby ordered that the respondents are ordered and show why the application should not be granted as prayed or couched by the Plaintiffs/Applicants.
“However, since the matter is now subjudiced, the respondents are ordered to suspend their action for a while and or maintain the status quo ante bellum, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice, which is already filed before this court,” the order read.
Hearing of the motion on notice has been fixed for Monday, December 7. .
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