The Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, has halted the planned National Convention of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), earlier scheduled for Saturday, March 26, 2022.
The Court restrained the APC from conducting its scheduled national convention until the case against the party pending before the court is heard and determined.
Challenging the planned convention, the Plaintiff, Salisu Umoru, had dragged the ruling party, Governor Mai Mala Buni and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the court.
READ ALSO: http://Group rejects NASS’s position on Gender Bills
In the suit, Umoru prayed the court to order the defendants from conducting the said convention pending the hearing and determination of the suit.
After listening to the Plaintiff’s prayer, Justice Bello Kawu gave the order and stated that the case in question was now under judicial consideration.
Also, a contempt application has been filed before the court against the convention of the party.
The court was told by the Claimant that the inauguration of sub-committees for the March 26 National Convention when the order of the court was in force would be a demonstration of disrespect for the rule of law.
While 30th March was fixed for the continuation of the hearing of the substantive suit, no date was fixed for the beginning of contempt proceedings against the APC.
READ ALSO: http://Mine explosion kills top Government officials, Army Commander in Cameroon
Meanwhile, the Coalition of Independent Observers on Sunday, March 13, accused some leaders within the ruling APC of plots to undermine Nigeria’s democracy.
The coalition said some members which it described as cabals are hell-bent on using autocratic means to truncate the nation’s democracy.
Speaking at a press briefing, in Abuja, Executive Director of the Coalition, Abdullahi Bilal, said that the concept of internal democracy was effectively dead in the ruling party.