A Federal High Court in Kano, under the auspices of Justice A. M. Liman, has issued an injunction restraining executive members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) at Ganduje Ward from suspending the party’s national chairman, Abdullahi Ganduje.
The injunction, effective pending the hearing and determination of a lawsuit filed by Ganduje, seeks to safeguard his fundamental rights.
Abdullahi Ganduje, the former governor of Kano State, approached the court through his legal counsel, Barrister Hadiza Nasir Ahmed, seeking protection of his rights to fair hearing and freedom of association as enshrined in the Nigerian Constitution and the Enforcement and Procedure Rules.
The court’s decision, based on an ex parte motion filed by Ganduje’s legal team, also directed all parties to maintain the status quo that existed before the purported emergency meeting where the suspension was deliberated.
Additionally, the court ordered a stay on all actions related to the matter until the motion on notice is heard and resolved.
The judge ordered that “All the respondents, their servants, agents or privies are hereby restrained from implementing and or given effect to the purported decision reached during the purported Emergency Meeting of the alleged Executive Members of APC Ganduje Ward, on the 20 April, 2024, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive application for the enforcement of fundamental rights of the Applicant.”
The respondents named in the suit include Basiru Nuhu Isah, the Nigeria Police Force, the Commissioner of Police (Kano Command), the Inspector General of Police, and the Department of State Service.
The court has scheduled May 9, 2024, for the hearing of the case.
