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

The Action Alliance (AA) has dragged the Inspector General of Police, the Nigeria Police Force, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), and others before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court over alleged illegal attempt to interfere in the internal affairs of the party.

In a statement issued on Monday, the National Secretary of the party, Vernimbe James, said the suit was filed by the National Executive Committee of the party led by Chief Barrister Kenneth Udeze.

The case, marked FCT/HC/CV/2741/25 and filed on July 17, 2025, seeks to stop what the party called 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, Esq., is seeking judicial declarations and injunctive reliefs to prevent further interference by the Police and other respondents in the leadership and day-to-day operations of the party.

According to the AA, Omoaje’s actions were a desperate ploy to unlawfully disrupt its 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 said 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 leadership of the party.

According to the statement, Omoaje 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 it said upheld the leadership of Udeze.

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

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

The party reiterated that 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.