Ondo APC Guber: Court summons Akeredolu, Oyegun
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba of the Federal High Court of Nigeria sitting in Abuja on Wednesday, October 26, has ruled that an application for interim injunction sought by Dr. Olusegun Abraham, the first runner-up in the controversial Ondo primary election of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has merit, and has therefore ordered the winner, Rotimi Akeredolu (SAN), to appear before it by 12.00noon on Friday, October 28 to show cause.
In a suit filed before the Federal High Court Of Nigeria, in Abuja on Monday, October 10, Dr. Abraham, in a quest to get justice, had sought an interim order of injunction restraining the INEC, either by itself, agents or privies, from recognizing or further recognizing Rotimi Akeredolu as the governorship candidate of APC in the Ondo state governorship election slated for November 26, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice already filed in the suit.
The suit also seeks an interim order of injunction restraining the APC from parading Akeredolu as the governorship candidate of the APC, and direct interim order of injunction restraining Akeredolu from parading himself as the governorship candidate of APC for Ondo state, pending the determination of the motion on notice already filed in this suit.
The application is supported by an 86 paragraph affidavit and a 10 paragraph affidavit of urgency deposed to by the plaintiff himself, which highlighted the issues with the delegates’ list used, the accreditation process and undue inducement of delegates.
The court summoned Akeredolu to show cause why the ex-parte motion should not be granted. Other defendants to Abraham’s application, that is, the INEC, the APC, and its national chairman, Chief Oyegun, were all summoned to be in court too.
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