In a motion on notice filed at the High Court with Suit No E/362/2015 by the 17 chairmanship candidates of the APC as claimants/applicants against the governor, the speaker of the House of Assembly, State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) and 23 others as defendants/respondents, the party insisted that the appointment of the caretaker committees clearly negated the provisions of the constitution and ought to be reversed without further delay. In an affidavit in support of the motion on notice deposed at the High Court by one of the chairmanship candidates of the party and a former member of the House of Assembly, Hon Hyacinth Nsude, on behalf of the claimants, it was observed that the party had initiated action in December 2015 to restrain the governor from appointing the said committees. Nsude claimed that they had moved the motion exparte for interim injunction restraining the defendants from appointing the committees on December 8, 2015 and that the court however ordered that the defendants be put on Notice culminating in their been served with copies of the originating summons and motion on Notice on December 15. He noted that rather than allowing the full course of justice to take place, the 1st to 8th defendants went Head to announce the appointment of the 11th, 12th and 24th defendants and 14 others as carateker committee chairmen of the 17 councils and subsequently swore them into office on January 6 this year ‘in flagrant negation of the orders of the court’. While insisting that the appointment of the caretaker committee by the first set of defendants amounted to a resort to self-help, Nsude said if the action was not reversed, a fait accompli will be foisted on the court which would render nugatory and ruling/judgment that may be given in the suit. “By that appointment, the status quo in this suit has been altered. The subject matter of this suit has been stolen and taken away by the said appointment. The first set of defendants have usurped the powers of this court and have decided this suit in their favour by the said appointment during the pendency of his suit,” Nsude said. He therefore stressed that it would be in the interest of justice to have the action upturned.]]>