By Marie-Therese Nanlong
Jos – A High Court sitting in Jos, Plateau State on Thursday, struck out the suit challenging the election of the State Executive of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.
A parallel Exco emerged after the election of the Plateau State Exco of APC led by Rufus Bature.
With this development, respite has come the way of the Rufus Bature led executive as a parallel group had approached the court to sack Bature and his group whom they accused did not buy forms to contest their respective positions.
In his ruling on motion on notice seeking for an order of interlocutory injunction amongst other injunctive reliefs restraining the defendants from parading or calling themselves Plateau State Executive Committee members of the APC, Justice S.P. Gang sustained the application for withdrawal of the suit and accordingly struck out the suit.
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It would be recalled that one Ishaya Itse and five others, had in a motion on notice vide Suit No.PLD/J500M/21, approached the Court on 27th October 2021 with several claims bordering on the October 16 State APC Congress in which the defendants emerged victorious as the duly elected State Officials of the Party.
Counsel to the defendants/respondents, Garba Pwul (SAN) and counsel to applicants/claimants Barr. N D. Gwaison did not raise objections to the decision of the applicants to withdraw the suit which they said was strictly a family affair both parties being members of the same political party.
With this turn of events, this has laid to rest the controversies concerning the legitimacy of the new State APC Exco.
Commenting on the outcome of the judgment, Rufus Bature, according to a statement by Sylvanus Namang,
APC State Publicity Secretary, Bature saluted the courage and understanding of Ishaya Itse and his group, describing them as “democrats who have interest in the development of the party in the state.”
