NLC, TUC had, on Monday, asked the court to vacate its earlier order restraining them from embarking on strike over the recent removal of petrol subsidy.
The judge, Olufunke Anuwe, had issued the order on 5 June, two days before the NLC and the TUC planned to embark on a nationwide strike on 7 June in protest against the federal government’s removal of petrol subsidy.
Earlier on Monday, the federal government’s counsel, Ochum Emmanuel, informed the court that the matter was slated for the argument of his team’s application for an interlocutory injunction to restrain the defendants from embarking on the strike.Marshall Abubakar, the defendant’s counsel, however, said he had filed an application praying the court to set aside its order granted on 5 June, restraining his clients from embarking on strike.
Upon the judge’s querying the defence’s preparedness for the case, Mr Abubakar asked for a short adjournment to look at the counter-affidavit and respond. He argued that it was probably because he filed the processes late on the 16 that made the bailiff serve the defence counsel only in court on Monday.
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