The dissolved Benue State Working Committee (SWC) of the All progressives Congress (APC) led by Hon. Augustine Agada has dragged the National Chairman of the party, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje to court over contempt.
TheHintsNews reports that a Benue State High Court had earlier on Wednesday restrained the APC NWC from dissolving the State Working Committee.
However, the National Working Committee (NWC) of APC later on Wednesday announced the dissolution of the Agada-led SWC in clear contravention against the court order.
Dissatisfied with the decision of the national leadership of the party, Agada, alongside 8 others, on Thursday sued Ganduje for contempt.
To this end, the dissolved exco, therefore, prayed the court to issue a punitive measure against the Ganduje led NWC over the disobedience of the earlier decision of the court.
The dissolved exco in a motion on notice no: MHC/1585/M/2024, the dissolved exco prayed the court to compel Ganduje-led NWC to adhere to the decision not to remove them from office until the expiration of their four years tenure.
In an affidavit deposed to by his counsel M.T Aiyebo, Agada maintained that the Ganduje-led NWC was duly served the order of the court on Wednesday at about 4pm.
He expressed surprise that in the evening of Wednesday, 21st August 2024, at 6pm, Ganduje-led NWC held a meeting where he went ahead to dissolve his executive committee and appointed a caretaker committee against the earlier court order.
“That I saw on several Television stations that same evening about 8pm and several other News media that the Benue state Working Committee of the Respondent on record has been dissolved by the Respondent against whom the leave of this Honourable court is been sought,” he said
Agada noted that the service of the order restraining the APC under Ganduje was also served at the office of the National Legal Adviser at 4.02pm on Wednesday at the party’s national secretariat.