A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt on Thursday, 22 August, 2024 granted an ex parte order restraining the National leadership of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), led by Abdullahi Umar-Ganduje and the Secretary Surajudeen Ojibola-Basiru, from proceeding with the planned Ward, Local Government, and State Congresses scheduled for11, 16, and 26. 2024 .
The lawsuit, filed by Peter Ohochukwu and Haija Ndidi-Chukwuma on behalf of themselves and all elected executive members of the APC in the state, also named the APC, the Inspector General of Police, IGP, the Nigeria Police, and the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, as defendants.
