Court restrains police from arresting APC ward excos who suspended Ganduje

The Inspector General of Police IGP; Assistant Inspector General, AIG Zone 1 Kano; Commissioner of Police, Kano, have been restrained by a Kano High Court from inviting, arresting, and harassing the All Progressives Congress (APC) Ward officials at Ganduje Ward, Dawakin-Tofa local government area of Kano state.

Recall that the ward executives suspended Abdullahi Ganduje, National Chairman of the party, last month, sparking controversy as the state working committee of the party overturned the suspension. They subsquently dragged the APC, APC NWC, Kano SWC, and Ganduje before Justice Usman Na’abba of the state high court to affirm the suspension of Ganduje from the party.

However, following report of security operatives launching a manhunt to arrest the ward officers. They obtained a consolidated order from Justice Yusuf Ubale Muhammad on 2nd May 2024, restricting any attempt by the APC National Working Committee (NWC), State council of the party and Ganduje from using security operatives to arrest or detain the ward executives, pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice.

The ward officials are seeking the enforcement of their fundamental human right as guaranteed by the constitution. Granting the ex parte motion, the judge said; 

“And after hearing Shamsu Ubale Jibrin Esq. of counsel for the two set of applicants today 2nd of May, 2024, it is hereby ordered as follows. 

“An interim order of injunction is hereby granted restraining the respondents in the two consolidated suits, their officers, agents, privies, or any other officer serving under them from inviting, arresting, harassing or detaining the applicants in respect of the subject matter of the suit, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice already filed.

“It is further ordered that interim order for the motion on notice and all other processes in this suit shall be served on all the respondents, timeously and before the next adjourned date. The case adjourned to 5th June, 2024, for hearing of the motion on notice.”