A High Court in Makurdi, Benue State, on Wednesday extended the interim injunction preventing the All Progressives Congress (APC) from dissolving the state’s Working Committee, led by Austin Agada.
The APC in Benue has been embroiled in a crisis, splitting members into two factions loyal to Governor Hyacinth Alia and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator George Akume.
In view of this, the APC National Working Committee moved to dissolve all warring executives and inaugurated a caretaker committee with loyalists from both factions. However, the Agada-led faction secured a court injunction on August 21, blocking the dissolution of his Benue State APC Executive Committee—a directive the national body disregarded.
At the resumed hearing of the case on Wednesday, Agada’s legal team, led by M.T. Alyebo, Esq., argued for the court to maintain the status quo that will ensure the extension of the injunction.
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However, APC’s counsel, Yahaya D. Dangana (SAN), supported by a team of seven lawyers, including the Attorney General of Benue State, argued that the APC had the right to dissolve the committee and filed a notice of preliminary objection. Dangana insisted that no further legal steps could be taken until this objection was resolved.
Alyebo countered, asserting that filing a preliminary objection does not prevent the court from upholding the current situation.
Consequently, Justice Theresa Igoche, in her ruling extended the interim order by seven more days, dismissing Dangana’s claim that the injunction was served after the dissolution.
The court clarified that the injunction was issued and served in the “morning,” while the committee’s dissolution occurred in the “evening” and adjourned to September 2.
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