The legal battle over the suspension of the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Dr Umar Ganduje, began on Tuesday at the Kano State High Court. The court has fixed May 27 to hear preliminary objections, jurisdiction, and joinder applications. 
Dr. Ganduje was suspended by the APC executive in Dawakin ward, Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State on Monday, April 15, 2024. The court had initially upheld the suspension on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, and had fixed April 30, 2024, for hearing and determination of the substantive suit.
Dr. Ganduje was suspended by the APC executive in Dawakin ward, Tofa Local Government Area of Kano State on Monday, April 15, 2024. The court had initially upheld the suspension on Tuesday, April 16, 2024, and had fixed April 30, 2024, for hearing and determination of the substantive suit. However, the suspension order was later vacated by the judge. On Wednesday, April 17, 2024, Justice A. M. Liman of the Federal High Court in Kano delivered an ex parte order ruling that the purported suspension should not be implemented until the case was heard and determined.
At the hearing on Tuesday, the applicants, the Legal Adviser and Assistant Secretary of the ward executive, Haladu Gwanjo and Laminu Borguma, respectively, on behalf of the nine ward executive members who suspended Ganduje, informed the court that they had filed a motion ex parte with a 13-paragraph affidavit seeking an order for an interim injunction on Ganduje’s suspension.
The respondents joined in the matter are the APC, National Working Committee, APC Kano State Working Committee, and Ganduje.
When the case was mentioned on Tuesday, the counsel for the applicants, Ibrahim Sa’ad, told the judge that they were served with the counter-affidavit by the respondent in court and requested another date to enable them to respond to the application.
The counsel for the first, second and third respondents, M. M. Duru, did not object to the request, stating that they had filed and served all parties a motion dated April 24, challenging the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the matter. Meanwhile, the counsel for the fourth respondent, Lydia Oyewo, told the court that her client was not served with the court processes and did not object to the new date.
Parties seeking to be joined in the suit, led by their counsel, S.U. Jibril, informed the court of their position in joining the matter before it. The judge has fixed May 27 to enable both parties to serve their processes and to hear the three applications.