JUST-IN: Court docket Stops Professional-Wike Rally In Bayelsa

The Excessive Court docket of Bayelsa State, sitting in Yenagoa, on Thursday, issued an order restraining associates of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, from holding a mega rally within the state pending the listening to and willpower of the Movement on Discover.

The proposed rally is scheduled for Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital on April 12, 2025.

Hon. Justice I.A Uzakah granted the Movement Ex-Parte in Swimsuit No. BYHC/YHC/CV/133/2025, filed by the State’s Lawyer Normal, Biriyai Dambo, SAN.

Listed as first and second defendants/respondents within the go well with had been the lead convener of the NEW Associates, organisers of the rally, Mr. George Turnah, and the FCT Minister, Wike.

The opposite defendants had been the Nigeria Police Power, the Inspector-Normal of Police and the Commissioner of Police, Bayelsa State Police Command.

The enrolled courtroom order states that: “An order of the interim injunction is hereby made or granted restraining the first and 2nd Defendants, whether or not by themselves, their brokers, associates, privies, representatives (or any individual by any means performing at their behest), from conducting, convening, coordinating, participating in, organising, taking part in, holding, internet hosting, or facilitating any political meeting, rally assembly, or gathering inside Bayelsa State, for
the aim of solidarity, internet hosting, and celebrating the 2nd Defendant in Bayelsa State, pending the listening to and willpower of the Movement on Discover for Interlocutory Injunction.”

The matter was, thereafter, adjourned to April 11, 2025, for listening to.



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