APC appeals court order restricting congress in Rivers State.

The National Leadership of the All Progressive Congress, APC, has appealed the restraining order which prevents them from conducting any congress in Rivers State.

This is coming after the Rivers State High Court sitting where Justice Godwin O. Ollor, in a suit filed by Peter Ohochukwu and Hajja Ndidi-Chukwuma on behalf of themselves and all elected executive members of the APC in Rivers State, granted an ex parte order restraining the leadership of the All Progressives Congress from going ahead with the scheduled wards, Local Government and state congresses which was scheduled for October 11, 16 and 26, 2024 respectively.

Justice Godwin Ollor, in his ruling on the ex parte application, also restrained the defendants from conducting, supervising, holding, monitoring or in any other manner conducting an election to make up Rivers State executive committee.

The court also further restrained the APC National Chairman, Secretary, and the party from interfering with the activities of the state APC’s elected executives, led by Beke, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for an interlocutory injunction.

When the case resumed for the hearing of the injunction on Monday, the counsel for the APC National Leadership, the Chairman, and the Secretary, Joshua Musa, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN, informed the court that his clients had appealed the order obtained by the claimants on behalf of the state’s elected APC executive members.

After hearing from both parties, Justice Ollor adjourned the case until September 26th, 2024, for a possible hearing.

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