The New Nigeria People’s Party (NNPP) has insisted that the dissolution of its Kano State executive committees at all levels remains valid and cannot be reversed by any court order.
The party stated this in a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja by its National Publicity Secretary, Mr Ladipo Johnson.
Johnson said the reaction followed media reports claiming that a Kano State High Court had reversed the dissolution of the party’s executive committees at the state, local government and ward levels in line with the NNPP Constitution.
He said the party’s National Working Committee (NWC) regarded the reported court reversal as “an ordinary street rumour,” stressing that the party had not been served with any court process.
According to him, although reports alleged that Justice Nasiru Saminu granted an ex-parte interim injunction on Tuesday, the party leadership was yet to receive any official court document.
Johnson said that if such an order was eventually confirmed, it would be inconsistent with legal procedures and established judicial precedents.
He described it as a misnomer for a court to allegedly grant an interim injunction seeking to reverse a completed action taken by the NWC of the party.
“We still regard the whole orchestration as a mere rumour. But if this is confirmed, we will take firm legal measures to ensure that the purported illegal injunction does not stand.
“Such an order can never stand because it amounts to an illegality and a clear abuse of court process, as the court lacks the jurisdiction to interfere in the internal affairs of the party.
“The dissolution of the Kano State executives of the party at all levels therefore stands,” he said.
Johnson explained that the Supreme Court had, in several judgments, ruled that internal affairs of political parties were non-justiciable.
He said the alleged action by a Kano State High Court could not be an exception to that established legal position.
“If the reported injunction is confirmed to be true, it can only be described as an exercise in legal rascality,” Johnson said.
He added that the NNPP would not hesitate to take necessary steps to ensure that any judicial officers found to have acted improperly were sanctioned by the National Judicial Council.