A Federal High Court in Kano on Wednesday fixed February 20 for hearing in the case against the Clerk and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, over the suspension of Hon. Abdulmumini Jibrin.
NAN reports that some constituents of Kiru/Bebeji Federal Constituency sued the Clerk and Speaker Dogara challenging the legality of suspending Jibrin.
The counsel for the plaintiff, Bashir Muqaddam, had earlier applied for a date to enable him respond to the issues raised in the preliminary objection filed by the defence counsel.
According to Muqaddam, the defence counsel wanted the consolidation of the two suits: the one filed by the constituency in Kano and the other filed by Jibrin in Abuja.
Counsel for the defence, Kalu Onuha, said he had no objection to the application for adjournment.
The presiding Judge, Justice Sulaiman Akoko, said in the absence of no objection to the application for adjournment, the case would come up again for hearing on February 20.
Muqaddam, the counsel to the plaintiffs, told newsmen after the sitting: “When the case resumes on February 20, we are going to argue on the issue of consolidation as raised by the defence counsel.”
Security was tight as hundreds of protesters thronged the court with placards shouting: “Bring back our member and compensate him.”
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