Taraba council workers sue chairman over alleged political coercion

Employees and governmental appointees of Ibi Local Government Area of Taraba State person approached the Federal High Court successful Jalingo, seeking to restrain the assembly chairman, Emmanuel Ubandoma, from allegedly compelling them to enactment the ruling party.

The suit, filed connected Monday by Hajara Sule connected behalf of the affected employees and governmental appointees, challenges alleged threats to withhold their monthly salaries implicit their governmental affiliations.

The applicant instituted the enactment against Ubandoma and Ibi Local Government Area, asking the tribunal to support the employees’ cardinal rights to state of association, peaceful assembly and state from discrimination.

In the originating question dated October 19, 2026, the applicant invoked Sections 40, 42 and 46(1) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, arsenic amended, arsenic good arsenic applicable provisions of the African Charter connected Human and Peoples’ Rights.

Sule is seeking a declaration that employees and governmental appointees of the assembly person the close to beryllium to governmental parties of their prime without being compelled by the respondents to articulation a peculiar party.

She is besides asking the tribunal to state that immoderate alleged menace by the assembly president to withhold employees’ monthly salaries due to the fact that of their rank of governmental parties different tha...