A Judge of the federal High Court in Abuja has asked the deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu to stand back as he has no power to stop him from delivering judgment on the forged senate rules.
Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday overruled the move by the Deputy Senate President, Mr. Ike Ekweremadu, to stop him from delivering his reserved judgment in a suit challenging the leadership election of the 8th Senate.
Justice Ademola declared on Wednesday that he would go ahead to deliver his judgment on a date which he would later communicate to the parties through their lawyers except if the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta, directed otherwise.
“The court having adopted parties’ written addresses on December 14, 2015, the court will give it’s judgment on a date that will be communicated to parties through their counsel unless the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court directs otherwise,” Justice ruled while adjourning the case on Wednesday.
It would be recalled that the elections which produced Dr. Bukola Saraki as the Senate President and Ekweremadu as his deputy is being challenged by five Senators of the All Progressives Congress on the grounds that the elections on June 9, 2015, when the 8th Senate was constituted used forged version of the Senate Standing Orders.
The plaintiffs in the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/651/2015, are Senators Abu Ibrahim, Kabir Marafa, Ajayi Boroffice, Olugbenga Ashafa and Suleiman Hunkuyi.
