Judiciary
NASARAWA Assembly crisis: Abuja FHC reenforces restraining order stopping embattled speaker, deputy from parading selves …Orders them to show cause or risks jail
By David Okpashi
The Federal High Court, Abuja has ordered the embattled speaker and deputy Hon. Ibrahim Balarabe Abdullahi and Jacob Ajegena to obey exparte order earlier served them or face imprisonment for court contempt.
This was contained in order 9 rule 3 of the federal high Court sitting in Abuja, a notice of consequences of disobedience to order of court rightly handed down to hon.
According to the order “that unless you Hon. Ibrahim Balerabe Abdullahi and Hon.
the defendant Hon Oga Daniel Ogazi and the 12 elected members prayed the court to restrain the Balarabe Abdullahi and his 10 elected members from taking any steps in furtherance of the proceedings conducted by them on 6th June, 2023 Within or outside the building/ complex / chambers of the Nasarawa state House of Assembly.
The court granted the prayer and ordered the Balarabe to stop any other such proceedings conducted
outside the building/ complex of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly Purporting to be proceedings of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly and
from holding or conducting any further Proceedings outside the building complex/ chambers of Nasarawa State House of Assembly purporting same to be
proceedings of the Nasarawa State House of Assembly, pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.
The Federal High Court is compelling the factional speaker to obey order of interim injunction restraining him and his 11 elected members loyalist from parading themselves or holding sitting in any
way acting in a manner as to be seen or recognized as Speaker and Deputy Speaker respectively of the Nasarawa.