Justice Inyang Ekwo adjourned hearing in the suit until February 15, 2022, after counsel to the plaintiffs, S.A. Ameh (SAN), informed him that some of the defence lawyers had just served fresh processes on him and he will need time to respond.
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APGA National Chairman, Victor Oye, in an exclusive chat, hailed the court’s decision and praised the judiciary for showing courage in the face of adversity and intimidation by members of the party of President Muhammadu Buhari.
Justice Inyang Ekwo-led Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday nullified the APC primaries which saw the emergence of Uba as the party’s governorship candidate in the November 6 election.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the ruling in a suit brought by an aspirant in the party’s primaries, Chief George Moghalu.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a judgment on Monday, held that Uba was never a candidate in the election having emerged from an illegally conducted primary election by the All Progressives Congress (APC).
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order following an ex-parte motion moved by counsel to the plaintiffs, Etigwe Uwa (SAN).
Suleiman was arraigned before Justice Inyang Ekwo alongside her company on a two-count charge.
Justice Inyang Ekwo, who declined to grant the plea by counsel to the defendants in the suit, adjourned the matter until Dec. 13.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date, on Tuesday, at the instance of the EFCC lawyer, Bala Sanga.
Justice Inyang Ekwo fixed the date after taking arguments from counsel to the parties in the suit.
Justice Inyang Ekwo handed out the order as a condition for the hearing of an application, filed by the NIS and its Comptroller General, for a stay of the court’s October 18, 2021 judgment, ordering them to release Odili’s passport and offer him a written apology.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Justice Inyang Ekwo had, on Oct. 20, fixed today for the arraignment of Oduah over allegations bordering on fraud while she served in the office.
Adoke, through his lawyer, Edidiong Usungurua, made the application, on Tuesday, while moving a motion on notice marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/39/2017 dated and filed on Nov. 10 before Justice Inyang Ekwo.
Counsel for the state government, Terkura Pepe, SAN, who told Justice Inyang Ekwo while moving his affidavit of urgency in support of the motion on notice, said Benue State Government had been incapacitated by the interim order.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Turaki is being tried by the EFCC before Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja.
Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the order, following an ex-parte motion moved by counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bala Sanga.
The court fixed the date following the inability of Justice Inyang Ekwo to preside at the Wednesday’s sitting.
She was arraigned for criminal breach of trust, conspiracy and conversion of public funds to the tune of N6 billion.
Although Oduah, who currently represents Anambra North Senatorial District at the National Assembly, was scheduled for arraignment before Justice Inyang Ekwo on Tuesday, the proceeding could not take place due to a public holiday.
Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the order on Monday in a judgment on a fundamental rights enforcement suit by the former governor.