*Bars APC from interfering, suspending Beke-led executive.
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt
A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt and presided over by Justice Godwin O.Ollor has granted an order to stop the conduct of any Congress by the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State.
APC, under the disputed leadership of Tony Okocha, Caretaker Committee Chairman had already a planned to conduct of Ward, Local Government and State Congresses scheduled to hold on 11th, 16th and 26th October, 2024.
Granting an experte motion filed by the court in an experte order, the National Leadership of the All Progressive Congress has been so restrained.
They, the Chairman, Abdullahi Umar-Ganduje, the Secretary, Surajudeen Ajibola-Basiru are barred from going ahead to conduct those planned congresses.
The suits that was filed by Peter Ohochukwu and Haija Ndidi-Chukwuma has other defendants.
They stood for themselves and included all elected executive members of APC in Rivers State, Inspector General of Police, Nigeria Police and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
Justice Godwin O. Ollor, in his ruling on the ex-parte motion brought by the Chief Emeka Beke led executives of the party in the State.
The Court also restrained the defendants either for themselves, their men, officers or agents from conducting, supervising, holding, monitoring or in any other manner conduct election to make up Rivers State Executive Committee of APC in Rivers State.
Justice Ollor insisted that his ruling is based on the merit of the application and submitted oral application by the Plaintiff counsel, Collins Dike.
The order also restrained the National leadership of the party against any plan to suspend the Chief Emeka Beke led executives of the party in the State.
Also, the Court went further to restrain the National Chairman of APC, the Secretary and the APC from doing any thing that will interfere with in the activities of elected executives of APC in the Rivers State under the leadership of Chief Emeka Beke who tenure will elapse in 2025.
The Court said that this order will subsist, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.
The trial Judge, Justice Ollor adjourned till 9th Day of September, 2024 for hearing of Motion on Notice.\
Our Correspondent recalls that on August 13,a Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, presided over by Justice Aprioku Sika sacked the seven-man caretaker committee of the All Progressive Congress in the state led by Tony Okocha, which was inaugurated by the National Working Committee of the party.
Justice Sika Aprioku gave the verdict while ruling on a suit filed by Sam Sam Etetegwung and Banarth Ezemoye and others, on behalf of the elected APC executives at the state and local government levels.
Justice Aprioku issued a perpetual injunction against the Okocha-led caretaker committee and reinstated the Chief Emeka Beke-led executive as the authentic executive of the party in the state.