Court stops TUC’s delegate conference

THE National Industrial Court, Lagos Division has stopped the Trade Union Congress from holding its 12th triennial delegates conference pending the hearing and determination of the substantive suit before the court.

The trial judge, Justice R. H. Gwandu, made the order in a suit filed by the Association of Senior Staff of Banks, Insurance and Financial Institutions and nine other associations against the TUC.

Justice Gwandu further granted an order of interlocutory injunction restraining the defendant, its servants, officials or agents from conducting election into the position of President and other national offices of the congress pending the hearing and determination of the substantive matter.

The order was sequel to an ex-parte application filed and argued on behalf of the claimants’ counsel, Timothy Adewale, and other lawyers in the matter, including Johnson Esezoobo, who represented a party seeking to be joined in the suit.

Justice Gwandu on Wednesday said, “I hereby grant the interlocutory order as prayed on the claimants motion paper dated and filed on June 16, 2022. That the matter is adjourned for hearing on July 18, 2022.”

The claimants, in their originating summons, had prayed the court to declare that by virtue of the agreements and resolutions reached and ratified at the 11th triennial delegates conference of the defendant held on June 28, 2019 at NAF Centre, Abuja, the first claimant (ASSBIFI) should produce the next President of the TUC from 2022 to 2025.

The claimants also asked for an order mandating and compelling the defendant to immediately enable the first claimant to produce and assume the office of the President of the defendant in line with the agreement and resolutions reached and ratified at the 11th triennial delegates’ conference in Abuja.

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