Kogi judiciary petitions High Court over Chief Judge’s removal
The motion was filed by Adegboyega Awomolo SAN, leading 11 other lawyers including five Senior Advocates of Nigeria on behalf of the claimants/applicants, Justice Ajanah and Chief Registrar of the state High Court, Alhaji Yahaya Adamu, NAN reports.
The motion has Kogi House of Assembly; Speaker of the House; Bello Abdullahi, chairman of the Ad Hoc Committee; Gov. Yahaya Bello and the Attorney-General of Kogi. They prayed for an order of the court nullifying and setting aside the resolution purportedly passed by the House at its plenary sitting of 2nd April, 2019 in defiance of the pendency of the suit.
The motion was on the grounds that the purported resolution of the 1st-3rd defendants was made during the pendency of this suit and a subsisting order of this Court restraining the defendants from taking any steps In respect of the substantive matter.
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