A high court in Benue State has extended the interim injunction restraining the APC from dissolving the State’s Working Committee led by Austin Agada. The court had on 21st of August, 2024, issued an interim injunction preventing the dissolution of the State Executive Committee which the national party executives ignored.....CONTINUE READING THE ARTICLE FROM THE SOURCE
At resumption of proceedings on August 28, counsel for APC, Yahaya D. Dangana SAN, who was backed by a team of seven lawyers, including the Attorney General of the state, argued that the APC was within its rights to dissolve the committee and served a notice of preliminary objection in court.
Dangana contended that no further steps could be taken in the proceedings until the objection was heard. However, M.T. Alyebo, representing Austin Agada and the other applicants, refuted this claim, asserting that the filing of a preliminary objection did not bar the court from exercising its authority to preserve the status quo.
