Court Adjourns Hearing On Kebbi State Pre-election Matter
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday, January 21 adjourned hearing on the Pre-election matter against Kebbi state governor, Abubakar Bugudu.
The judge Ademola Adeniyi moved the case to Tuesday, February 2 to allow parties involved adopt their various addresses.
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The judge said it is not possible to take the preliminary objections and substantive hearing immediately.
“There is no way we can take the two together. It was for definite hearing as at December 10 but after that so many things have changed,” Adeniyi said.
Counsel to the plantiff said: “We have two preliminary objections. Why do we then have to . Having received the preliminary objection not long ago we need at least one more week to respond.”
After the session’s adjournment, the plaintiff, Sani Sami told journalists he expects the candidate for the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) be sworn in since the a All Progressive Congress (APC) party candidate is not qualified.
Sami said: “We all know who Abubakar Bagudu is, talk about Abacha’s loot you can only think of Bagudu. We are interested in helping president Buhari fight corruption by not allowing corrupt people hold public offices.”
But defence counsel, Riki Tarfa said his team is ready to defend all allegations against the defendant.
“The allegations are baseless, all of them,” Tarfa said.
Also speaking, Machidu Attahiru, the Kebbi state APC chairman said: “Kebbi people voted and made their choice for four years and we stand by that.”
He said despite the court sittings, the governor, Bagudu is not distracted or deterred from delivering his mandate to the people of Kebbi state.
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The plaintiffs are challenging the unlawful participation Bagudu during the Kebbi state gubernatorial election on April 11, 2015.
They challenged the jurisdiction on 20 grounds filed on January 14.
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