The Rivers State High Court in Port Harcourt has issued an ex parte order requiring the All Progressives Congress (APC) to maintain the current status in its ongoing congresses in the state.
The order was issued after the party completed its ward congress and was set to proceed with the local government and state congresses.
This legal intervention followed a suit filed by APC members Okwudili Ndike, Peace Oganu, and Samuel Uchegbule, who claimed they had paid for congress forms but were not issued any.
The plaintiffs named the APC and its national chairman, Alhaji Abdullahi Ganduje, as the first and second defendants in the case.
The plaintiffs sought an interim injunction to stop the party from proceeding with the congresses.
They requested that the APC be restrained from accepting the results of the ward congress and from inaugurating its outcomes.
Justice GV Obomanu, who presided over the case, directed that all parties involved should maintain the status quo until the matter is resolved.
The case has been adjourned until December 3 for further proceedings.
