Court Vacates Order Barring APC National Convention
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) sitting in Kubwa, Abuja, on Friday, vacated the order of interim injunction that stopped the All Progressive Congress (APC) from holding its National Convention planned for March 26, 2022.
The interim order had followed a suit by an aggrieved member of the party, Salisu Umoru.
The judge, Justice Bello Kawu, vacated the injunction following an application by APC.
Granting APC’s application on Friday, Justice Kawu, held that plaintiff lacked the locus to sustain the restraining order.
The court held that the order of injunction issued against the APC on November 18, 2021, has been overtaken by a recent judgment the Supreme Court delivered on a similar matter.
Justice Kawu however adjourned the plaintiff’s substantive suit till March 30 for hearing.
Umoru had among other things, prayed the court to direct the APC and its Chairman Caretaker/Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee, Governor Mai Mala Buni, to halt further action on the planned convention, pending the resolution of legal cases involving the party.
He had also sought an order directing Buni to begin the reconciliation process to resolve all the disputes that emanated from the local government congresses that were conducted by the party.
