Court Grants Interlocutory Injunction Against Agulu People’s Union Caretaker Committee 

A high court sitting in Anambra State has granted an Interlocutory injunction against the Caretaker Committee of Agulu people’s Union not to Conduct any election pending the determination of the judgment already reserved in the matter before Justice Anulude of Neni High Court.

Justice Okey Onunkwo, on Thursday, heard a motion of Notice, argued by the Learned Silk, Alex Ejesieme SAN, praying the court not to allow the Caretaker Committee hold the Union’s Election.

TheNigeriaLawyer reports  that controversies had earlier trailed the decision of the Anambra State Government, annulling the Union’s election that was held on 30th day of December, 2020.

Anambra State Government had also suspended the executive of Agulu and replaced it with a 27-Man Caretaker Committee, alleging that there were disputes over proper delegates accreditation; documented eruption of violence marred the proceedings and that Government observers could not discharge their functions.

In October 2021, another Caretaker Committee was reconstituted to conduct another fresh elections into the leadership of the union and its Youth Wing.

In the exparte motion filed and dated on the 22nd of December, 2021 and moved by Kaine Ananwune Esq, Counsel to the Plaintiff/Applicant, the Plaintiff prayed the Court to stall the conduct of the scheduled election.

The Court in granting the relief also ordered the Plaintiff to ensure that the originating process and accompanying documents in the suit be served all the respective defendants through substituted means.

The Defendants in the suit No’: NN/183/2021 Motion No: NN/593/2021,  were Sir Onyebuchi Okpala, Joseph Muonago, MBA Obiora Cosmas Onwuasoanya.

The matter was adjourned to the 1st of March, 2022 for the hearing of the substantive suit.