[center]COURT STRIKES OUT NJEMANZE’S CASE AGAINST IMO GOVERNMENT[/center]

A Federal High Court sitting in Owerri, Imo state, has struck out a
suit brought before it by one Bob Kay Njemanze challenging the state
government from obtaining Bond from the Capital Market for  execution
of projects in the state.

In suit No. FHC/OW/CS/37/2010, presided over by Hon Justice L. Akanbi,
on March, 30th 2011, the Court struck out the matter in view of the
Plaintiff’s Counsel inability to “diligently prosecute his case”.

The Plaintiff counsel had earlier pleaded that he be given time to
retrieve the case file from the former counsel at Abuja, and therefore
requested that the matter be adjourned to enable him retrieve the
file.

However, the counsel to the 1st and 2nd Defendants objected to the
application for adjournment by the Plaintiff, and informed the court
that the matter had been adjourned severally on the request of the
Plaintiff’s counsel, and therefore pleaded that the case should
continue.

The court agreed with the submissions of the defendant counsel and
overruled the application, averring that the Plaintiff cannot continue
to hide under the pretence of trying to retrieve the case file and
prolonging the matter and therefore the matter was struck out.

By striking out the case, the court has put to rest the agitation of
the plaintiff to have the court declare the Bond as unconstitutional.
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Eze Charles C.
Reporting from Owerri