The Senior District Court III sitting in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has issued an interim order restraining the embattled state Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Aliyu Bello, from parading himself as a member or performing any official function in the party.
Naijaonpoint reports that the court’s ruling on Thursday followed a suit filed by the Chairman of the APC in Gayam Ward of Lafia Local Government Area, Ibrahim Iliyasu, who is challenging Bello’s refusal to vacate office after his suspension at the ward level.
In the court document, the motion ex parte was granted by Justice Abdullahi M. Lanze, who is presiding over the matter filed with motion number SDC3/M1122/2025.
The court order dated July 3, 2025, reads in part, “An order of this Hon. Court is granted restraining the respondent (Hon. Aliyu Bello), whether by himself, his agents, privies, supporters, or any person acting on his behalf, authority or direction, from further parading himself, issuing statements, carrying out functions or acting in any manner whatsoever, through media or otherwise, as a member or chairman of the All Progressives Congress in Nasarawa State, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.”
The application was brought before the court by Z.Y. Suleiman Turaki Esq., supported by a 12-paragraph affidavit sworn by Blessing Emmanuel Ayaka, a litigation secretary with the law firm of J.J. Gbaja and Associates in Lafia.
Earlier in the week, APC leaders in Gayam Ward, led by Ibrahim Iliyasu, had announced Bello’s suspension, citing alleged anti-party activities that violated Article 21 of the APC Constitution.
In a press briefing held in Lafia, Iliyasu said, “We, the undersigned executive members of the All Progressives Congress, Gayam Ward in Lafia Local Government Area of Nasarawa State, hereby write to formally suspend you, Hon. Aliyu Bello, from the party with immediate effect.”
He added that Bello’s actions had “caused embarrassment to the party and undermined the credibility of our collective efforts to take the party to greater heights.”
However, the suspension has triggered internal division within the ward chapter of the party. On Wednesday, another group of executives, led by Assistant Secretary Adamu Bawa, dissociated themselves from the disciplinary action taken against the state chairman.
Bawa claimed the suspension was not backed by proper procedure, adding that the decision was taken without consultation, quorum, or the consent of the Gayam Ward Executive Committee.