A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court has issued an order restraining Ademola Gbenga, Okechukwu Nnamene and others from conducting the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) election scheduled for October 7, pending the determination of the substantive suit before
The court also ordered all parties to maintain the status quo regarding the leadership of the NYCN, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
TheHintsNews reports that the youth body had during its National Elective Convention held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, from September 20 to 22, re-elected Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo as President alongside other executives.
However, dissatisfied with the Sukubo-led leadership, Gbenga and his allies formed a parallel group and planned to conduct another election in Abuja on October 7.
But Justice J. E. Obanor, in an order dated October 6, 2025, in suit no: FCT/HC/CV/3803/2025 and motion no: M/12204/2025 directed the Inspector General of Police and the Department of State Services (DSS) to enforce the court’s order.
The applicants in the case are the Incorporated Trustees of the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) and Sukubo, representing the existing leadership of the Council.
The defendants included Gbenga, Nnamene, Abel Abaji, Alex Akin, Hassan Mamman, the Inspector General of Police, and the Department of State Services.
The judge ordered: “An order of interim injunction restraining the respondents (Gbenga and others) or any person(s) acting through them or on their behalf from conducting the scheduled election of the 7th day of October, 2025 or taking any further step concerning the subject matter of this suit respectively pending the hearing and determination of the motion on Notice.
“An order of interim injunction directing the respondents to maintain the status quo with respect to the leadership of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, pending the determination of and determination of the motion on notice.
“An order directing the 6th (IGP) and 7th (DSS) Defendants/Respondents to enforce the Order of Court restraining the 1st to 5th (Gbenga and others) Defendants, their privies, agents, or howsoever called, conducting the scheduled election of the 7 th day of October, 2025 or taking any further step concerning the subject matter of this suit respectively pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice.
“And for such further or other orders as this Honourable Court may deem fit to make in the circumstances of this suit and or application.
“The court ordered as follows: Application is hereby granted and order made as prayed. Case is adjourned to 16th October, 2025 for hearing of motion on Notice.”