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A Federal High Court has issued an bid directing the Corporate Affairs Commission, its Registrar-General, and different parties to support the presumption quo successful the ongoing quality implicit the alleged deregistration of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, pursuing a suit filed by NYCN President, Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo.
LEADERSHIP reports that Sukubo was re-elected arsenic President of the National Youth Council of Nigeria, contempt ongoing tribunal cases, the Corporate Affairs Commission, done the Ministry of Youth Development, announced connected October 7 the deregistration of the apex younker organization.
Following this development, the NYCN President sought ineligible redress.
In a restraining bid released to journalists successful Abuja connected Friday, the Federal High Court, Abuja Division, connected October 15, 2025, successful suit fig FHC/ABJ/CS/2142/2025 earlier Justice B. F. M. Nyako, ordered that the presumption quo ante bellum beryllium maintained and directed that the defendants beryllium enactment connected notice.
The claimants/applicants successful the lawsuit are the Incorporated Trustees of the National Youth Council of Nigeria and Ambassador Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo, who serves arsenic the NYCN President arsenic good arsenic a subordinate and caput of its Board of Trustees.
Also, the defendants see the Registrar-General of the Corporate Affairs Commission, the Corporate Affairs Commission itself, the Honourable Minister of Youth Development, and the Federal Ministry of Youth Development.
The Court has adjourned the lawsuit to October 28, 2025, for the proceeding of the Motion connected Notice.
The Order work successful part, “Upon this Motion Exparte dated and filed connected the 8th time of October, 2025 seeking this Honourable Court for the pursuing reliefs:- An Order of Interim Injunction restraining the 1st and 2nd Defendants (CAC and Registrar-General), whether by themselves, their agents, privies, servants, assigns oregon anybody howsoever described, from withdrawing the registration certificate of the 1 Claimant (Incorporated Trustees of NYCN) oregon from de-recognizing each existing claims to leadership, trusteeship and absorption wrong the 1st Claimant, pending the proceeding and determination of the Claimant/Applicant’s Motion connected Notice for interlocutory injunction.
“An Order of Interim Injunction restraining the 3rd and 4th Defendants (Honourable Minister of Youth and Federal Ministry of Youth Development), whether themselves, their agents, privies, servants, assigns oregon anybody howsoever described, from acting connected oregon giving immoderate effect to the purported withdrawal of the 1 Claimant’s certificate of registration, pending the proceeding and determination of the Motion connected Notice for interlocutory injunction.
“And for specified further Order oregon Orders arsenic this Honourable Court whitethorn deem acceptable and expedient to marque successful the circumstances.
“Upon speechmaking the affidavit successful enactment of the Motion Exparte sworn to by Amb. Sukubo Sara-Igbe Sukubo, Male, Adult, Christian, and Nigerian national of 1st Floor, Block B, Room 106, Phase 1, Federal Secretariat Complex, Shehu Shagari Way, Central Business District, Abuja unneurotic with written address, and exhibits, and filed astatine this Honourable Court Registry. And Upon Hearing Mustapha Shaba Ibrahim, SAN, with Sheriff S. Aduke, Esq. of Counsel for the Claimants/Applicants determination the exertion successful presumption of the question paper.
“It is hereby Ordered arsenic follows: That this lawsuit is champion taken connected Notice. That presumption quo ante-bellum to beryllium maintained. That Defendants to beryllium enactment connected Notice. That lawsuit is hereby adjourned to 28 October, 2025 for Motion connected Notice.”
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