The Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abuja on Thursday, mounted November 11 for ruling on an utility filed by former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa, looking for to restrain the Peoples Democratic Get together, PDP, from holding its Nationwide Conference.
Justice Peter Lifu mounted the date for ruling after the defence attorneys adopted their affidavits to indicate trigger why the interim order shouldn’t be granted and the plaintiff’s counsel adopted his counter affidavit and argued his case.
Lamido, within the movement ex-parte moved by his lawyer, Jeph Njikonye, SAN, on October 31, had prayed the court docket to make the interim order, pending the listening to and dedication of the movement on discover filed alongside.
The ex-governor stated if the PDP was not restrained by the court docket, the get together could be violating its structure, and by implication denying him the chance to contest for the place of the nationwide chairman of the get together of which he’s eminently certified to contest.
Justice Lifu, had in a ruling, declined to grant the movement marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/2299/2025.
The choose, moderately, ordered the PDP and the Impartial Nationwide Electoral Fee, INEC, which can be 1st and 2nd defendants within the go well with to come back and present trigger why the ex-governor’s reliefs shouldn’t be granted.
Justice Lifu, who gave the defendants 72 hours from the date they have been served to reply, adjourned the matter till Nov. 6 for listening to.
On the resumed listening to, Njikonye, who appeared for Lamido, recalled that on Oct. 31, the court docket ordered PDP and INEC to indicate trigger why their utility shouldn’t be granted.
Omokayode Dada, SAN, who represented PDP and Adamu Bello, who appeared for INEC instructed the choose that their separate affidavits to indicate trigger had been filed and served to events.
Joseph Daudu, SAN, nevertheless, introduced look for events looking for to be joined within the go well with.
The events looking for to be joined are Hon Austine Nwachukwu, Imo PDP Chairman; Hon Amah Abraham Nnanna, Abia PDP Chairman and Hon Turnah George, who was stated to be PDP Secretary, South-South Geo-Political Zone.
