In a significant ruling, the Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed a suit aimed at preventing the Accord Party from holding its National Convention. The convention, which is intended to elect the party's national officers, faced legal resistance from the party’s Board of Trustees (BoT).The plaintiffs in the case were prominent members of the BoT, including Rev. Isaac Adebayo Adeniyi, Innocent Igboekwe, Prince Joseph James, Jamilu Abass, Dalhatu Liman, and Alhaji Bashiru Akanbi. They brought forward an ex-parte application under case number FHC/ABJ/CS/145/2024, seeking an injunction to stop the National Convention.The BoT based their application on several serious allegations, claiming that the party’s constitution and guidelines had been violated. These breaches, according to the plaintiffs, provided strong grounds for halting the convention.The suit named several defendants, including the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Hon. Mohammed Lawal Nalado, Michael Lerama, Barrister Maxwell Ngbudem, and the Accord Party itself.However, the case took an unexpected turn during the ruling. Justice Peter Lifu, who presided over the matter, discovered that the National Convention in question had already taken place in the first week of August. This revelation rendered the suit ineffective, as the event that the plaintiffs sought to prevent had already concluded.In his ruling, Justice Lifu emphasized that the suit had been overtaken by events and was therefore of no legal consequence. With this conclusion, the court struck out the case, marking the end of the plaintiffs’ efforts to stop the Accord Party’s convention.
