One of the factions fighting for the soul of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Benue State has sued the National Working Committee (NWC).
The faction, led by Augustine Agada, accused the NWC of disobeying a court order.
This happened less than 24 hours after the dissolution of the State Working Committee (SWC) of the party.
A Makrudi High Court on Wednesday gave an order restraining the APC NWC from dissolving the party’s Benue State executive, led by Agada. But the party’s highest administrative organ, on the same day, dissolved the said state exco.
Reacting to the alleged contempt yesterday, Agada, alongside eight others, filed a contempt charge against the Abdullahi Umar Ganduje-led NWC of the party at the Benue State High Court.
In a motion on notice, the applicants prayed the court to compel the APC NWC to abide by the decision not to remove them from office until the expiration of their four-year tenure.
The dissolved Benue exco also prayed the court to sanction the Ganduje-led NWC over its alleged disobedience of the earlier decision of the court.
Agada, in an affidavit deposed to by his counsel, M. T. Aiyebo, insisted that the Ganduje-led NWC was duly served the order of the court on Wednesday around 4 p.m.
The party chieftain averred that the service of the order restraining the NWC was also served at the office of the National Legal Adviser at 4.02 p.m on Wednesday at the party’s national secretariat.
In the affidavit, the applicant expressed surprise that in the evening of the same day (at 6 p.m), the Ganduje-led NWC held a meeting where it dissolved the Benue State executive committee and appointed a caretaker committee against the earlier court order.