Aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC), have approached a Federal High Court in Abuja for an order to restrain the Governor Mai Mala Buni-led caretaker committee from going ahead with the national convention of the party scheduled for February.
The plaintiffs in suit number FHC/ABJ/CS/3/2022, dated January 4 and filed through their lawyer, Olusola Ojo, prayed the Court for an order to stop the convention on the ground that state congresses were yet to be completed in all the 36 states of the federation.
The plaintiffs were Suleiman Dimas Usman, Muhammed Shehu, Samaila Isahaka, Idris Isah, and Audu Emmanuel.
Chairman of APC’s caretaker committee and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) were listed as 1-3 defendants in the Court processes.
Some of the reliefs sought by the plaintiffs included an order of the court restraining the 1st and 2nd defendants from organizing and conducting the national convention of the 1st defendant unless state congresses of the 1st defendant were first concluded in all the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.
They also prayed for an order of the Court directing the 1st and 2nd defendants to first conduct state congresses of the 1st defendant in Anambra state and Zamfara state before the national convention of the 1st defendant can be scheduled and conducted.
Others were, “An order of this Honourable Court restraining the 3rd defendant from giving approval effect to any action of the 1st and 2nd defendant to organize and conduct national convention of the 1st defendant unless state congresses of the 1st defendant are first conducted/concluded in ALL the 36 states of the federation and the Federal Capital Territory.”
No date has been fixed for the hearing of the case.
