The Bayelsa State High Court, sitting in Yenagoa, has issued a restraining order preventing associates of the Federal Capital Territory Minister, Nyesom Wike, from staging a mega rally in the state. The order remains in effect pending the hearing and determination of a motion on notice. The rally was scheduled to take place in Yenagoa, the state capital, on April 12, 2025. The ex-parte motion, filed by the Bayelsa State Attorney General, Biriyai Dambo (SAN), in Suit No. BYHC/YHC/CV/133/2025, was granted by Hon. Justice I.A. Uzakah. “An order of the interim injunction is hereby made or granted restraining the 1st and 2nd Defendants, whether by themselves, their agents, associates, privies, representatives (or any person whatsoever acting at their behest), from conducting, convening, coordinating, engaging in, organizing, participating in, holding, hosting, or facilitating any political assembly, rally meeting, or gathering within Bayelsa State, for the purpose of solidarity, hosting, and celebrating the 2nd Defendant in Bayelsa State, pending the hearing and determination of the Motion on Notice for Interlocutory Injunction,” the court order read. The matter was adjourned until April 11, 2025, for hearing.