Putting a stop to the suspension of Abdullahi Umar Ganduje, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, the Federal High Court in Kano delivered a verdict.
On Wednesday, the ruling was made following an ex parte motion filed by Ganduje to uphold his right to fair hearing.
The respondents mentioned in the application include the Police, Department of State Services (DSS), Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and nine others.
In Dawakin Ward, Tofa LGA of Kano State, APC executives had suspended Ganduje for alleged corruption on April 16.
Subsequently, the State Working Committee (SWC) of the APC in Kano voided the suspension and penalized the ward executives.
Despite this, a Kano High Court led by Justice Usman Na’Abba upheld the suspension.
In the recent ex parte ruling by the Federal High Court, as disclosed to the press the next day, Justice A. M Liman of the Kano High Court ruled that the suspension should be put on hold until Ganduje’s case is heard and decided.
Justice Liman stated, “All the respondents, their servants, agents, or privies are restrained from executing and/or implementing the decision made during the emergency meeting of the alleged executive members of APC Ganduje Ward, held at Ganduje Ward of Dawakin Tofa Local.
“All parties are directed to maintain the status quo before the emergency meeting of the alleged executive members of APC Ganduje Ward and to refrain from taking any action regarding this matter until the substantive application is heard and determined,” the judge clarified.
April 30 has been set by the judge for the hearing of Ganduje’s case.