A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued a restraining order preventing the Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Ibok-Ete Ibas, from appointing coordinators to oversee the 23 local government areas (LGAs) in the state.
Justice Adamu Mohammed granted the interim order following an ex parte application filed by the Pilex Centre for Civic Education Initiative, a civil society organisation led by Courage Nsirimovu.
Nsirimovu supported the application with a 14-paragraph affidavit, urging the court to issue an interim injunction to bar the respondent, his agents, or anyone acting on his behalf or instruction from appointing coordinators—under any designation—for the 23 LGAs in Rivers State.
The applicant’s counsel, A. O. Imiete, moved the motion for the ex parte application.
After hearing the motion, Justice Mohammed granted the restraining order and directed the respondent to appear before the court to show cause why the application should not be granted.
The matter has been adjourned to April 14 for hearing.