Court Restrains Imo Government From Stopping Ugochinyeres Rallies and Billboards
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A Federal Capital Territory High Court has issued an interim order protecting the political activities of House of Representatives member Imo Ugochinyere in Imo State.
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| Court Restrains Imo Government From Stopping Ugochinyeres Rallies and Billboards |
A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja has ordered the Imo State Government, security agencies, and the chairmen of Ideato North and Ideato South Local Government Areas not to interfere with the rallies, meetings, and other civic activities of Imo Ugochinyere, the member of the House of Representatives representing Ideato North/South Federal Constituency.
Justice Kayode Agunloye imposed the interim injunction on July 20, 2026, after Ugochinyere filed an ex parte application in suit number FCT/HC/CV/153/2026 and Motion No. M/481/2026.
According to the documents given to our reporter on Friday, the court prohibited the defendants, their agents, officers, personnel, or anyone working on their behalf from "destroying, dismantling, defacing, cutting down or ordering for the removal and/or demolition" of billboards and signage installed by the lawmaker across Ideato North and South Federal Constituencies of Imo State.
The judgment further prohibited them from "stopping, barring, denying access to, sealing off, or preventing the Claimant and/or his supporters" from holding peaceful rallies, processions, campaigns, meetings, and other civic activities in Ideato Federal Constituency or anywhere else in Imo State.
The order came after Ugochinyere submitted an application through his counsel, Chizubor Ezike.
The defendants include the Nigeria Police Force, the Inspector-General of Police, the State Security Service, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, the Imo State Governor, the Imo State Signage and Advertisement Agency, the chairmen of Ideato North and Ideato South LGAs, Imo State's Commissioner of Police, the Director of the SSS in the state, and the NSCDC Imo State Command.
In allowing the application, Agunloye stated that he reviewed "the Affidavit in Support of the Application, the exhibits, and the Affidavit of Extreme Urgency" sworn to by one Anderson Achike.
The judge further stated that he had heard counsel for the applicant, Ibukunoluwa Thompson, before granting the application.
The court particularly ordered that the defendants refrain from engaging in conduct that could jeopardise Ugochinyere's political and civic activities until the motion on notice is resolved.
The order states that the defendants are restrained from "stopping the continued or further reinstallation of the billboards" by the lawmaker or from preventing him and his supporters from conducting "any civic activities, peaceful rally, procession, program, campaign, meetings or any event" in Ideato venues, Federal Constituency or Imo State.
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