A High Court being in Enugu State has actually offered an order restraining a group, South-East for Presidency, 2023, SEFORP2023 from participating in any activity concerning the quest of the South-East to produce Nigeria’s next President.

The court order was consequent upon a fit filed by a legal representative, Barr. Obiezu Nwachukwu.

Joined as offenders in the match were the Enugu State Commissioner for human capital advancement and hardship decrease, the Director of Cooperative Societies in Enugu State, SEFORP2023 Multi-Purpose Cooperative Society Limited and Rev. Okechukwu Obioha.

Nwachukwu had actually informed the court that SEFORP, having actually been registered as a cooperative society, lacked the mandate to pursue the South-East presidency task.

He asked the court presided over by Justice C.C. Ani to make a statement that “the performs of the 3rd and 4th defendants, fraudulently using the 3rd defendants and engaging it in political activities as it relates and affects to the presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the South-East interest in 2023, remains in breach of the Nigerian Cooperative Societies Act, under which the 3rd offender was registered by the 1st and 2nd offender and the bye laws of the 3rd accused, and, therefore, null, void and of no result whatsoever.”

He averred that “the 3rd accused has no vires, powers or legal standing whatsoever to meddle into politics in Enugu or Nigeria as an entire, as it affects the South-East presidency in 2023.”

In his judgement, Justice Ani held that the carries out of the 3rd offender in taking part in political activities as it impacts and relates to the presidency of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the South-East interest in 2023, is in conflict of the Nigerian Cooperative Societies Act, under which the 3rd offender was registered by the 1st and 2nd accuseds.

He ruled that the 3rd accused has no legal capacity to assemble, invite, organize in any kind whatsoever, political meetings, conferences or motions for the awareness of the South-East presidency in 2023 for all the indigenes of the South-East States of Nigeria.

Justice Ani purchased that “the 3rd accused is hereby perpetually restrained whether by itself, representatives, servants, employees, members or howsoever and by whatever name called from participating in any form or way, in any political activities, whatsoever or convening any political meetings or any meetings whatsoever for the discussion or considerations as it impacts the South-East indigenes and the South-East presidency in 2023 either in Enugu or Nigeria as a whole.”

The Judge even more stated as null and void all meetings, decisions, conferences, communiques reached or taken by the 3rd accused and bought the 1st and the 2nd accuseds “to deregister or cancel the registration of the 3rd offender as a cooperative society under the Nigerian Cooperative Societies Acts for taking part in ultra vires.”