The Katsina State High Court has removed the newly-formed Caretaker Committee of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Katsina State in a court ruling made on Wednesday.
TrackNews reports that this comes after the PDP National Working Committee (NWC) had appointed a caretaker committee in March to replace the dissolved Katsina State Executive Committee.
The decision to sack the Committee was made in response to a lawsuit filed by the acting chairman, Salisu Uli, and nine others.
The State Chief Judge, Justice M. D. Abubakar, presided over the case and issued an order of interlocutory injunction, which prevents the first defendant/respondent, Dr. Abdulrahman Usman (along with all members of the Caretaker Committee), from running the affairs of Katsina PDP until the hearing and determination of the lawsuit brought before the state High Court.
The State High Court also ordered that the second and third defendants, PDP and INEC respectively, should not recognize the first defendant or any member of the purported Caretaker Committee established by the PDP until the hearing and determination of the lawsuit.
Part of the judgement reads: “An Order of INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION is hereby granted eestraining the 1st Defendant/Respondent (including all members of the Caretaker Committee) either by Himself, his Servants, Agents or Officers, Privies from parading himself under any guise from running the Affairs of the Katsina State Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party Pending the hearing and determination of the instant suit.
“An ORDER OF INTERLOCUTORY INJUNCTION is also granted restraining the 3rd Defendant/Respondent either by Itself or its’ Servants, Officers, Agents or Privies from recognising the 1st Defendant or any member of the purported Caretaker Committee Constituted by the 2nd Defendant to run the affairs of the Katsina chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party pending the hearing and determination of the instant suit.
“That the applicants shall serve the respondents before the adjourned date of 15th day of May 2023, failing which the orders shall stand vacated.”
