Court Vacates Order Stopping APC National Convention

An order stopping the National Convention of All Progressives Congress (APC) billed for March 26, 2022, was on Friday vacated.

The said order was vacated by a Federal High Court sitting in Kubwa Federal Capital Territory (FCT) presided over by Justice Bello Kawu who insisted that a political party cannot be sued by its member.

In arriving at the decision, Justice Kawu relied on a recent Supreme Court judgment (Aguma Vs APC), to conclude his ruling.

The Judge then vacated the order of interim injunction that barred the All Progressive Congress, APC, from going ahead with its planned national convention.

The interim order followed a suit that was lodged before the court by an aggrieved member of the party, Salisu Umoru.

The Plaintiff 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 equally 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.

The court had on the strength of an application that was filed by the Plaintiff, granted an interim injunction restraining the APC from proceeding with the convention billed for March 26.

Meanwhile, dissatisfied with the order, APC approached the court with an application to set it aside.

While granting APC’s application on Friday, Justice Bello Kawu, held that Plaintiff lacked the locus to sustain the restraining order.