Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, and the Chairman of Incorporated Trustees of IBB International Golf and Country Club, Abuja, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem have been dragged before the Federal High Court with the presiding judge, Justice Emeka Nwite over the latter’s appointment by Wike.
Also joined as defendants in the suit instituted by Ubong Esop Akpan, Tijani Abdulsalam Ogueyi and Olalere Babasola were the club captain, Ibrahim Babayo; the secretary, Bola Aliyu-Faniyan; and the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC), as well as Chief Joe Kyari-Gadzama SAN.
The plaintiffs are seeking, via a motion ex-parte filed on April 14, an order of interim injunction, restraining the aforementioned defendants from presenting the names and particulars of the members of Board of Trustees (BoT) appointed by Wike for approval and registration under the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) 2020, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
The motion is also seeking to prevent the Trustees, headed by Justice Dongban-Mensem, who incidentally is the President of the Court of Appeal, and Babayo from chairing and moderating the proposed IBB Golf Club Annual General Meeting (AGM) scheduled for April 26 or any other rescheduled date pending the determination of the motion on notice.
It is also seeking to restrain Justice Dongban-Mensem and other trustees appointed by the FCT Minister and their proxies and representatives from assuming office or parading themselves as BoT members pending the determination of the motion on notice.
The presiding judge, Justice Nwite, after hearing the pleas of the applicants, represented by Abdulaziz Ibrahim SAN, ordered that the defendants be put on notice and adjourned the hearing of the motion on notice till April 22, 2025.