By Myke Agunwa, Abuja
A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has issued an order restraining Comrade Ademola Gbenga, Comrade Okechukwu Nnamene, and others from conducting the National Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) election earlier scheduled for October 7, 2025.
Justice J. E. Obanor, in a ruling dated October 6, 2025, in suit number FCT/HC/CV/3803/2025 and motion number M/12204/2025, directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Department of State Services (DSS) to enforce the order pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The Incorporated Trustees of the NYCN and Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo—representing the existing leadership—filed the case against Gbenga, Nnamene, Comr. Abel Abaji, Comr. Alex Allen Akin, Comr. Hassan Mamman, alongside the IGP and DSS.
It would be recalled that during the NYCN National Elective Convention held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, from September 20 to 22, 2025, Ambassador Sukubo was re-elected as President along with other executives. However, dissatisfied with the outcome, Gbenga and his allies reportedly formed a parallel faction and scheduled another election in Abuja for October 7.
Consequently, the court ordered all parties to maintain the status quo regarding the Council’s leadership pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
The order partly reads: “An Order of Interim Injunction restraining the Respondents (Gbenga and others) or any persons acting through them or on their behalf from conducting the scheduled election of the 7th day of October, 2025, or taking any further step concerning the subject matter of this suit respectively pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
“An Order directing the 6th and 7th Defendants (IGP and DSS) to enforce the Order of Court restraining the 1st to 5th Defendants, their privies, agents, or howsoever called, from conducting the scheduled election or taking any further step concerning the subject matter of this suit.”
Justice Obanor granted the application as prayed and adjourned the matter to October 16, 2025, for hearing of the motion on notice.
