A Bayelsa State High Court in Yenagoa, issued an injunction preventing associates of the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, from holding a planned mega rally in the state.
The order remains in effect pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
On Thursday, Justice I.A. Uzakah granted the ex-parte motion in Suit No. BYHC/YHC/CV/133/2025, stopping the rally that was scheduled to take place in Yenagoa on April 12, 2025.
The suit, filed by the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Biriyai Dambo SAN, names the NEW Associates, the organizers of the rally, along with Mr. George Turnah and Minister Wike as the first and second defendants.
The Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Commissioner of Police for Bayelsa State are also listed as defendants.
The court’s order states: “An order of interim injunction is hereby made or granted restraining the 1st and 2nd Defendants, whether by themselves, their agents, associates, privies, representatives (or any person whatsoever acting at their behest), from conducting, convening, coordinating, engaging in, organizing, participating in, holding, hosting, or facilitating any political assembly, rally, meeting, or gathering within Bayelsa State, for the purpose of solidarity, hosting, and celebrating the 2nd Defendant in Bayelsa State, pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice for Interlocutory Injunction.”
The case has been adjourned to April 11, 2025, for further hearing.
