The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja today adjourned further proceedings in the case filed by the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Hon Lucky Aiyedatiwa to October 30, 2023.
This emerged after court took extensive arguments from counsel to the parties on the issue of service of court processes and the alleged disobedience to the subsisting order of the court made on 26th September 2023 against the impeachment of the Deputy Governor.
It was also gathered at today’s proceedings, that the Court presided by Hon Justice Emeka Nwite first delivered its pending ruling on the arguments presented by the parties on the last court date on 9th October 2023, on the effect of the reconciliation committee set up by the All Progressives Congress and the petition to the National Judicial Council by the House of Assembly of Ondo State.
The court held in its ruling that it would hear all pending applications since some of the said applications involve the issue of jurisdiction of the court. The court further ruled that since all parties in the case do not have a consensus on the issue of reconciliation and settlement, it will not adjourn the case on that ground alone but will proceed to entertain the case.
Meanwhile, after listening to all arguments of parties in the case, the Court directed that all processes filed should be served on all the parties. It stated further that given the legal submissions made by the various counsel to the parties, it will be proper to take time to go through them and deliver a well considered ruling, stating that the court will be fair to all the parties in the case.
The case was then adjourned to 30th October 2023 for ruling.
The court had on 26th September, 2023, granted an order of injunction against the defendants in respect of the complaints of the Deputy Governor. The defendants in the include the House of Assembly of Ondo State and the Chief Judge of Ondo State.
