A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Wednesday
struck out an interim injunction obtained by Ibrahim Umar and 22
others barring the All Progressives Congress in Rivers State from
conducting its wards, local government and state congresses earlier
scheduled for September 2019.
The claimants had approached the court, urging it to enforce the
ruling the State High Court delivered on October 10, 2018, marked
BAC/78/2018, Ibrahim Umar and APC, which stopped the state APC from
conducting its congresses.
But the court presided over by Justice G. O. Ollor, set aside
the interim injunction brought before him by the claimants on
September 14, 2019, for interpretation and enforcement of stopping
the state chapter of the APC from conducting its congresses earlier
scheduled for September 17, 18, and 21, 2019.
Justice Ollor held that his court lacked the power to interpret
or enforce a judgment of a court with coordinate jurisdiction,
hence set aside the interim order, struck out the originating
summons brought before him and awarded a cost of N100,000 in favour
of the APC.
Speaking to journalists outside the courtroom, counsel for the
claimants, Henry Bello, said he was going to appeal the judgment,
following his clients’ instruction.
“This is the beauty of the administration of justice; the
decision of the court is at variance with what we feel is the
position of the law and just as we were stepping down, my clients
have instructed me to go on appeal immediately.”
Counsel for the APC, J. C. Williams, on the other hand, hailed
the judgement, adding that it clears all hurdles hindering the
conduct of the APC’s congresses in the state.
“The court in its wisdom delivered a landmark judgement. Some
members of the APC came to court after the party announced
timetable for congresses in Rivers State, asking that a court of
coordinate jurisdiction should interpret the judgement of a brother
court, which he (judge) frowned on, struck out and awarded a cost
in favour of the defendants.
“What this judgement means to the APC in the state is that there
is no obstacle anymore blocking the conduct of congresses. I want
to plead with our brothers in the party to put an end to
litigations and collectively build the party in the state,”
Williams said.
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