Court Hears Ganduje’s Suspension Suit May 27

A Kano High Court has fixed May 27, 2024, for the commencement of the hearing of three applications in the case of suspending the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

The court headed by Justice Usman Malam Na’abba after listening to counsels for both parties set the date for the hearing.

The applications are preliminary objection, joinder application and challenge of the jurisdiction of the court to entertain and hear the matter.

The applicants, Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani Barguma through their counsel, Ibrahim Abdullahi Sa’ad filed a motion exparte with 13 paragraph affidavit dated April 16 sworn by the second.
The applicants are seeking the court to determine an order of interim injunction on Ganduje’s suspension.

The court had on April 17, 2024, granted an order directing parties to maintain the status quo as of April 15, 2024, concerning the suspension of the fourth respondent from the first respondent by the Ganduje Ward executive committee restraining the respondents whether by themselves, servants, agents or privies from taking any step contrary to the decision of the executive committee of the ward which suspends the fourth respondent from the first respondent political party pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

At the resumed hearing yesterday, the counsel to the applicant, Ibrahim Sa’ad, said they were served with the counter affidavit by the respondent in court. He asked for another date to enable them to respond to the application.

The counsel to the first, second and third respondents did not object to the request made by the counsel to the applicant for a new date to be given.

“We have filed and served all parties our motion dated April 24 challenging the jurisdiction of this court to entertain this matter.”

The counsel to the fourth respondent, Lydia Oyewo, did not also object to the new date but told the court that her client had not been served with the court processes.