A high court of the federal capital territory (FCT) has
vacated an order stopping the national convention of All Progressives Congress
(APC) from taking place.
The APC has scheduled its convention for March 26.
Bello Kawu, the judge, had on November 18, 2021 granted an
order suspending the convention indefinitely after Salisu Umoru, the plaintiff
in the suit marked FHC/HC/CV/2958/2021, took the party (APC), the chairman
Caretaker Extraordinary Convention Planning Committee and the Independent
National Electoral Commission (INEC) before the court to challenge the planned
convention.
Over the past weeks, there has been internal wrangling in
the party over the national convention.
Mai Mala Buni, Yobe governor and
chairman APC caretaker committee, had perfected plans to scuttle the party’s
national convention in order to remain as caretaker chairman.
Buni and John Akpanudoedehe, national secretary of the APC
caretaker committee, were said to have used a third party to obtain a court
order temporarily restraining the ruling party from holding its convention
until a substantive suit has been heard and determined.
Nasir el-Rufai, governor of Kaduna, on March 9, said the
lawyers of Buni colluded with a petitioner to “destroy” the national
convention.
He described the said court order as a “hidden nuclear
weapon” that would have hampered the party’s chances in the 2023 general
election.
Dissatisfied with the order, the APC approached the court
with an application to set it aside.
Delivering judgment on the application, Kawu held that the
plaintiff lacked the locus to sustain the restraining order.
The court held that the order of injunction it issued
against the APC on November 18, 2021 has been overtaken by a recent judgment
the supreme court delivered on a similar matter.
He then adjourned the plaintiff’s substantive suit to March
30 for hearing.
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