Contrary to reports in some media yesterday, a Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday rejected prayers by Governor Ayo Fayose of Ekiti State to stop the ongoing move to impeach him.

Justice Evoh Chukwu, after listening to an ex-parte motion filed by the seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly, directed the 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) members of the state’s Assembly to show cause why he should not grant the plaintiffs’ prayers for restraining orders.

The judge also ordered parties to maintain status quo ante bellum “as at April 23, 2015″ pending the hearing and determination of motion on notice for interlocutory injunctions equally filed by the plaintiffs.

Defendants in the suit marked:FHC/ABJ/CS/3612015 include the 19 APC lawmakers, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), the Clerk, Ekiti House of Assembly and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).

Another judge of the same court, Justice Ahmed Mohammed had, about two weeks ago, rejected similar application filed in a similar suit.

According to an enrolled copy of the court’s ruling obtained yesterday, Justice Chukwu refused the plaintiffs’ requests (as contained in prayers 4, 5, 6 and 7) in the ex-parte motion.

They include an inteim order of injunction restraining INEC from further according legislative privileges to the 19 APC lawmakers and an order of interim injunction restraining the IGP from continuing to give cover or protection to the APC lawmakers

The court also refused to grant their prayer for an order setting aside all actions taken by the 19 APC lawmakers, including “the purported commencement of impeachment proceedings and notice of alleged misconduct against Governor Peter Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State and his Deputy and an interim order “setting aside the purported notice of impeachment and all steps taken by the 2nd to 20 th defendants for the purpose of commencing the concluding impeachment proceedings against the governor and his deputy.”

The orders granted by the judge are as follows:

•That leave is granted to the plaintiffs/applicants to issue and serve the originating summons and all other processes in this suit on the 2nd – 21 defendants in Ekiti State outside the jurisdiction of this honourable court.

•That leave is granted to the plaintiffs/applicants to serve the originating summons and all other processes in this suit on the 2nd to 21st defendants by substituted means by advertising same in the newspaper.

•That the service of the originating summons and all other processes in this suit on the 2nd to 21st defendants are deemed as proper service.

•That on the application of plaintiffs/applicants’ counsel, time is hereby abridged to seven (7) days within which the respondents are to file their processes i.e counter-affidavit and written address if any from the date of the publication in the newspaper.

•It is hereby ordered that the status quo ante bellum as at 23 April, 2014 be maintained pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice.

•That respondents are to show cause why reliefs 4, 5, 6 and 7 on the face of the motion paper should not be granted.

•That this suit will be adjourned to May 4 for hearing of the motion on notice.

Source:http://www.ekiti.com/ekitinews/display_search.php?news_id=113780
http://thenationonlineng.net/new/another-judge-refuses-to-stop-fayoses-impeachment/

like play like play, may 29th shall come nd nobody will disturb Fayose again.

http://thenationonlineng.net/new/another-judge-refuses-to-stop-fayoses-impeachment/

Mode pls include the source so it can make FP.

This Fayose's saga is dragging for too long already.

I think it's time to leave him and let's see how he rules Ekiti.

The gbege continues

Dix foool must follw dat shoeless drunkard out, two ediots