Ganduje ‘s Suspension: Court stops police from arresting fake APC ward officers

A Kano High Court has granted an ex parte order restraining the Inspector General of Police and other high ranking officers from harassing and arresting the fake All Progressives Congress (APC) ward officers in Ganduje ward, Dawakin-Tofa local government area of Kano state.

Those restrained in the consolidated order granted by Justice Yusuf Ubale Muhammad on 2nd May, 2024 include the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Assistant Inspector General, AIG zone 1 Kano and Kano State Commissioner of Police.

The court also restricted the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Working Committee (NWC), the State Working Committee (SWC) and National Chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje from using the security operatives to arrest or detain the Ganduje ward executives, pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice.

The ex parte motion jointly filed by the Jafar Adamu and 10 others and Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani Barguma led factional ward officers, through their counsel Shamsu Ubale Jibrin Esq are seeking the protection of their fundamental human right as guaranteed by the constitution.

In the consolidated motion exparte dated 29th April, 2024, the two affidavits first, sworn to by the applicant (Jafar Adamu) suit no. K/M759/2024 and second suit no. K/M758/2024 sworn by applicants Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Sani Barguma).

The applicants are challenging the IGP, AIG zone 1 Kano, Commissioner of Police Kano, APC, APC NWC, Kano APC State Council and Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje.

“And after hearing Shamsu Ubale Jibrin Esq. of counsel for the two sets 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.”

Recall that the two factions of Ganduje ward had suspended the membership of the APC national chairman, Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje for alleged involvement in misappropriation of public funds and other criminal issues during his tenure as Governor of Kano.

The factional ward officers had dragged APC, APC NWC, Kano SWC, and Dr. Abdullahi Umar Ganduje before Justice Usman Na’abba of the state high court to affirm the suspension of Ganduje from the party, it was gathered that security operatives have launched a manhunt to arrest the ward officers.

But the APC national leadership and National Working Committee (NWC) continues to insist that those involved in the purported suspension of its National Chairman were not members of the party.