FHCourt set aside Jurisdiction On El-Rufai’s Fundamental Rights Suit

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A Federal High Court FHC, sitting in Kaduna has declined jurisdiction in the suit filed by the former governor of Kaduna State, Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai, seeking to set aside the indictment of the Ad-hoc Committee report of the Kaduna State House Assembly over alleged corruption accusation against him.

The Court presided over by Justice R. M. Aikwa in a landmark judgement, held that the applicant (El-Rufai) failed to prove any of the circumstances that would warrant setting aside the proceedings of the court.

The trial judge also dismissed the application by El-Rufai urging the judge to recuse himself having failed to provide cogent reasons or facts for the court to do so as decided by plethora of decided cases.

Accordingly, the court declined jurisdiction on the subject matter as against dismissing or striking out the suit as prayed for by both counsels to the Respondents.

The Court therefore exercised its powers in accordance with Section 22(2) of the Federal High Court Act and transferred the suit to the Kaduna State Chief Judge for the suit to be determined by the High Court of the State.
The 1stn respondent was represented by Mr Femi Falana, SAN, and Sani Katu, SAN while Mr Sule Shuaibu, SAN, Attorney-General of Kaduna State and Jummai Danazumi, Esq, were Counsels to the 2nd Respondent.