The National Industrial Court of Nigeria, sitting in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, and presided over by Justice J. T. Agbadu-Fishim, has granted an order of interim injunction restraining Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike, the House of Assembly, the Attorney-General and their agents from dissolving, suspending, sacking, terminating or interfering with the tenure of office of the 23 local government areas.
The order, which was granted on June 22, followed a motion ex parte and an affidavit of extreme urgency filed by the 23 local government chairmen and the 23 local government areas.
The order also restrained the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) or his agents and privies from enforcing any purported action detrimental to the existence of the 23 chairmen and the local government areas.
The order, the court held, would remain in force until the hearing and determination of the motion on notice for interlocutory injunction.
The All Progressives Congress (APC) said Wike and the House of Assembly have been plotting to sack the elected 23 local government chairmen.
APC said: “We believe that, despite the presence of a few bad eggs, the Judiciary remains the last hope of the oppressed. Therefore, we hail this decision by the National Industrial Court, as specified in the attached order.”