A Kogi State High Court on Monday ordered the Chairman, Okene Local Government Council to stay action and maintain status quo on the quit notice issued to the Peoples Democratic Party to vacate its office located besides the Okene Central Mosque, by the Nigerian Postal Service (NIPOST). The court asked the chairman to stop his action, pending the hearing of motion on notice the PDP filed before the court.
Court Orders Yahaya Bello-led Kogi Government, Council Chairman To Stay Action On Quit Notice Served To Opposition Party, PDP To Vacate Campaign OfficeThe court asked the chairman to stop his action, pending the hearing of motion on notice the PDP filed before the court.
SaharaReporters had reported that in another move to subdue opposition political parties in the state, Governor Yahaya Bello who is of the ruling All Progressives Congress shut down the central office of the PDP in the state, using the local government chairman of the area, Abdulrazak Yusuf. In replying to the notification letter, the PDP in a letter addressed to the Chairman of Okene Local Government Council, dated October 27, 2022, and signed by the Okene PDP Chairman, Ibrahim Adabara, rejected the ultimatum, describing the government order as ultra vires of the powers of a local government chairman under the extant laws in Nigeria.
The applicant sought the reliefs:"1) A Declaration that the 1st Respondent acting on the instruction of the 2nd Respondent has no power, lawful jurisdiction, legal authority to issue quit notice to the Applicant and his Political Party, the People's Democratic Party to vacate the property known and situate at Besides Okene Central Mosque, by Nigeria Postal Service Office, Okene, Kogi State.
"4) An Order granting a perpetual injunction restraining the 1", 2", 3 Respondents, their officers, servants, agents, privies and/or such other representatives howsoever described from unlawfully interfering with or doing any act that may impeded the Applicant's peaceful possession and enjoyment of the property known and situate at and Besides Okene Central Mosque, by Nigeria Postal Service Office, Okene, Kogi State and or such other acts that are likely to impede the...
"7) AND FOR SUCH FURTHER AND ANY OTHER ORDER OR ORDERS as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances."
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