Kano State High Court has granted an order restraining the National Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Ganduje, from parading himself as a party member.
The court also ordered Ganduje to stop presiding over the affairs of the National Working Committee (NWC) of the APC.
It gave the ruling yesterday as an ex-parte order, meaning that the lawyers to Ganduje and the other adverse parties sued in the case did not participate in the hearing leading to the issuance of the order. The judge heard only the plaintiffs lawyer.
The application granted by Usman Naabba on Tuesday followed an ex-parte Motion filed by Ibrahim Saad on behalf of two executive members of APC Ganduje ward, Dawakin-Tofa local government area of the state.
An alleged APC Assistant Secretary, Laminu Sani, and legal adviser, Haladu Maigwanjo, from the ward, who suspended the APC National Chairman on Monday, were among the plaintiffs.
The court directed the four parties (respondents) joined in the matter, including the APC, APC NWC, APC Kano State Working Committee, and Abdullahi Ganduje, to maintain the status quo ante belum as from 15 April, pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit on 30 April.
The judge also, as prayed, stopped the State Working Committee of APC Kano from interfering with the decision of the ward executives, saying it was endorsed by a two-third majority of the executives as required by the partys Constitution.
