AA Sues IGP, INEC, Others Over Alleged Interference In Party Affairs

Action Alliance (AA) has dragged the inspector-general of police (IGP), the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and others before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) over what it described as an illegal attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the party.

In a press statement issued yesterday, the party’s national secretary, Vernimbe A. James, said the suit was filed by the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) led by Chief Kenneth Udeze. The case, marked FCT/HC/CV/2741/25 and filed on July 17, 2025, seeks to stop what the party calls harassment, intimidation, and unlawful disruption of its activities by the police, allegedly acting on the instigation of one Adekunle Rufai Omoaje, a former and expelled member of the party.

The suit, filed through the party’s legal counsel, Peters Ugwuoke,  seeks judicial declarations and injunctive relief to prevent further interference by the police and other respondents in the party’s leadership and day-to-day operations. According to the AA, Omoaje’s actions are a desperate ploy to unlawfully disrupt the party’s leadership after suffering multiple defeats in court.

The party said its counsel had written to the police in a letter dated July 18, 2025, notifying them of the pending suit and urging them to maintain the status quo ante-to refrain from any further invitations, interrogations, or harassment of Chief Udeze and other NEC members pending the determination of the case.

In the statement, the party emphasised that it would not honour any police invitation relating to the leadership tussle, warning that any attempt to do otherwise would amount to self-help and a violation of due process.

“Failure of the police to stop further actions on invitation, arrest, interrogation, or harassment of Chief Barr. Kenneth Udeze and other NEC members of the party who are applicants in the pending suit will amount to self-help and an affront to the judicial process and the majesty of the court,” the statement read.

The AA accused Omoaje of instigating the police action after exhausting all legal avenues to claim the party’s leadership. According to the statement, Omoaje has lost in every court, from the FCT High Court to the Federal High Court, the Court of Appeal, and most recently, the Supreme Court, all of which upheld the leadership of Chief Udeze.

“After his defeat in all the courts of the land, including the Supreme Court, Omoaje has now turned to the police to achieve by force what he failed to get through the judicial system,” the party said.

Describing the move as reckless and dangerous, the AA said it has once again turned to the judiciary to halt what it called an “unwarranted madness” and interference in its internal democracy.

The party reiterated that Chief Kenneth Udeze remains the authentic national chairman of the Action Alliance and called on security agencies and INEC to respect the rule of law and refrain from meddling in settled matters.