Ondo APC thrown into confusion as court halts Tuesday’s state congress

Less than 24 hours earlier the authorities legislature of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Federal High Court sitting successful Akure, the Ondo State capital, has stopped the process from being held successful the state.

The tribunal presided implicit by Justice Toyin Adegoke, successful an ex parte order, restrained the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and the APC from going up with the legislature scheduled for Tuesday.

Justice Adegoke gave the bid pursuing an ex parte exertion moved by Adedayo Adedeji, SAN, connected behalf of the aggrieved members of the enactment led by Lawrence Adebayo and 7,427 different members of the APC.

In her ruling connected the question ex parte, accompanied with an affidavit of utmost urgency, Justice Adegoke granted “an bid of interim injunction restraining the INEC and APC acting done its officers, agents, assigns, successors-in-title, representatives, and each persons claiming done oregon nether it from acknowledging, accepting, recognising, giving effect to, oregon successful immoderate mode whatsoever validating the purported Ward and Local Government Congresses purportedly conducted by the 2nd Respondent connected the 18th and 21st of February 2026 successful Ondo State and the projected State Congress of the 2nd Respondent scheduled for the 3rd of March, 2026, oregon immoderate different day it whitethorn hold, pending the proceeding and last determination of the Motion connected Notice for interlocutory injunction.

Also, the tribunal granted “an bid of inter...