Tuesday 16 December 2014

Court refuses to unseat Tambuwal as Speaker


DEcamped—Speaker Tambuwal after decamping to APC, yesterday.
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday rejected an ex-parte application seeking to restrain Mr. Aminu Tambuwal from further acting as Speaker of the House of Representatives.


The applicant, a member of the House House of Representatives, Mr. Abiodun Akinlade, had asked the court to stop Tambuwal from parading himself as the Speaker, pending the determination of his suit challenging his continued stay in office.
Instead of granting the exparte application, Justice Ahmed Mohammed ordered  the plaintiff to put Tambuwal and other defendants in the suit on notice.
The judge ruled that it would be "most unfair" to grant a restraining order sought through an ex-parte application against Tambuwal who had engaged lawyers to defend him in the suit.
The plaintiff is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party representing Yewa South/Ipokia Federal Constituency of Ogun State in the House of Representatives.

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