The Federal High Court sitting in Benin has renewed its order restraining the All Progressive Congress, APC national chairman, Adam Oshiomhole and Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC from going ahead with the direct primary election in Edo State.

At the resumed hearing, counsel for the Defendants informed the Court that they have filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal, Benin to challenge the order of the court and asked the court to stay further proceedings in the matter.

The counsel for the plaintiffs objected to the request citing a Supreme Court authority on the point, which is to the effect that there must be a positive order of the Appeal Court before such an application can be granted.

Recall last week, the Federal High Court Benin refused an application for an interim injunction by the Godwin Obaseki group to restrain APC from conducting direct primary in Edo State but ordered that parties should maintain the status quo. The matter was adjourned to Thursday this week for hearing of the substantive suit.

The Court further adjourned to give a ruling on the issue.

During the brief break, a drama ensued when a supporting counsel in Adams Oshiomhole’s legal team, named Peter Uwadia threatened to go physical with another lawyer, who is an official of the Edo State Government.

On resumption from the break, the Judge, Justice Umar said he was going to grant a further adjournment to get details of the said appeal, but renewed his earlier order restraining the defendants from taking any further steps on the mode of the APC primary election in Edo, until the final determination of the suit. The matter was adjourned to June 17, 2020, for the continuation of hearing.

Source: https://theupdates.net/breaking-court-restrains-oshiomhole-inec-from-direct-primaries/

I thought I once read here that court restrained itself from further hearing of this matter?
What am I missing?
I don't understand these judgements flying here and there.

I believe Godwin Obaseki will come out triumphantly.

He is going to win the 2020 edo state election

Obaseki most put an end to God fatherism in APC. The Afonja lagos model will not work in Edo state. Obaseki will pull the whole house down with the midget call Osho

Judge Transmits Edo APC Primary Suit To Appeal
Court, Orders Parties To Maintain Status Quo
By Hendrix Oliomogbe -... On Jun 11, 2020
JUSTICE Mohammed Umar Garba of the Federal High Court, Benin on
Thursday ordered the transmission of the ongoing suit challenging the mode
of the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Edo
State to the Court of Appeal.
Justice Umar of the Federal reserve High Court, Benin who ruled at the
resumed hearing of the case by seeking to restrain the National Working
Committee (NWC) of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the party’s
national chairman, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole from using direct primaries to
elect Edo State governorship candidate of the party.
The trial judge adjourned the case which seeks to restrain the National
Working Committee (NWC) of the APC and the party’s national chairman,
Comrade Adams Oshiomhole from using direct primaries to elect its
governorship candidate to June 17.
Joined in the suit by the factional state deputy chairman of the APC, Pastor
Kenneth Asemokhai and a governorship aspirant of the party, Matthew
Iduoriyekemwen is the Independent National Electoral
Commission (INEC).
He said his ruling on the 8th of June that no action on the party primaries
subsists pending on the outcome of the court of Appeal.
Having listened to both parties in the arguments, Justice Umar said the
decision earlier reached by the court remains standing pending on the
outcome of the court of Appeal.
“Having listened to both parties in this matter, I hereby ordered that the case
be transmitted to the court of Appeal and the ruling earlier made subsists.
“The case has been adjourned to Wednesday, June, 17th, 2020 for hearing to
know what the court of Appeal has to say,” the judge said.
On his arguments, Counsel to the second defendant, Barr. Roland Otaru said
the Court lacks the jurisdiction to have given the order of stale of executions
on the 8th of June and thus decided to appeal on the matter.
He said the issue of jurisdiction is like a “traffic light” that should be obeyed
and that going ahead with the case will amount to judicial reckless.
He prayed the court to hands-off on the matter as it has already been
appalled at the higher court and that if the higher court decided otherwise,
they have no option than to come back to the same court.
Also for Ken Mozia, Counsel to the plaintiff, he argued that he has not been
served with the various papers and that the subject matter being argued has
not been ruled upon by the court, therefore, there is no case of issues of
jurisdiction or not coming.
He argued that time is of the essence and that the court should be given the
time to do its job rather than flooding the court with various papers from the
court of Appeal.

Court is as confused as President Buhari

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