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Justice Usman Matiam Na’abba, presiding over Court 4 of the High Court of Kano State, in a ruling involving our party, the APC.” Explaining the basis of their action, the petitioners noted: “The core of this petition revolves around the principle that the judiciary should not intervene in the internal affairs of a political party without clear evidence that the party’s internal mechanisms, as outlined in its constitution, have been exhausted.
“Justice Na’abba granted the Ex-parte application ‘without recourse to the fact that we had earlier issued a joint press release widely published in both print and electronic media, wherein we had completely disassociated ourselves from the sileged suspension of Umar Ganduje and further stated that the perpetrators of the alleged suspension were non-APC members in the Ward who were alleged.
The petitioners asserted that judicial intervention in the internal affairs of a political party should only occur if the party’s internal mechanisms, as outlined in its constitution, had been exhausted.
They criticized Justice Na’abba’s granting of the Ex-parte application without considering their previous disassociation from the alleged suspension of Umar Ganduje, which they claimed was invalid and carried out by non-APC members impersonating Ward Executive Committee members.
“The alleged suspension was therefore invalid and of no effects whatever having been issued by persons who impersonated members of our Ward Executive Committees, and we wish to reiterate that these persons are non-card-carrying members of our party,” they explained.
“The APC’s constitution provides specific procedures for handling disputes and disciplinary actions within the party..
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