Forgery: Judge Backs Out from Suit Seeking Saraki’s Removal

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Forgery: Judge Backs Out from Suit Seeking Saraki’s Removal

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Based on a petition filed by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal High Court in Abuja, yesterday, withdrew from a suit seeking to remove the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki. The directive for Justice Adeniyi to hands off the matter was given by the Chief Judge of the High Court, Justice Ibrahim Auta. Meanwhile, Justice Auta has handed the case file to Justice Evoh Chukwu of the same court, to commence a fresh hearing on the matter. The suit was filed before the court by five members of All Progressives Congress, APC, in the Senate, Kabir Marafa, Abu Ibrahim, Ajayi Boroffice, Olugbenga Ashafa and Suleiman Hunkuyi. The suit is marked FHC/ABJ/CS/651/2015. The petitioners prayed the court to sack Saraki and Ekweremadu on the basis that the version of the Senate Standing Orders which was used to conduct the July 9, 2015 election that produced them as Senate President and Deputy Senate President, respectively, was forged. In their suit dated July 27, 2015, the petitioners argue that if both Saraki and Ekweremadu continue to rule, it would promote corruption in the Senate. Saraki, Ekweremadu, the National Assembly and Clerks of the National Assembly were cited as defendants in the suit were. Despite the fact that the court had ended hearing on the matter, Ekweremadu filed a petition before Justice Auta, alleging bias against Justice Adeniyi. Ekweremadu’s petition, dated December 18, 2015, insisted that Justice Adeniyi was closely related with some chieftains of APC.

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