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Supreme Court Suspends The Hearing Of The Governorship Appeals From Six States by megawealth01: 6:04pm On Jan 13, 2020 |
The Supreme Court on Monday suspended the hearing of the governorship appeals from six states of the federation, due to sudden illness of one of the judges hearing it. The appeals are from the governorship elections in Imo, Bauchi, Sokoto, Kano, Plateau and Benue states. The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared governors Emeka Ihedioha of Imo, Bala Mohammed of Bauchi, Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto, Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano, Simon Lalong of Plateau and Samuel Ortom of Benue as winners of governorship elections in their respective states. The apex court which started sitting at exactly 9:02 a.m. could not proceed due to the noise level in the courtroom. This prompted the Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad, to give an order following the inability of the security operatives to control the crowd of politicians and their supporters, who had besieged the courtroom to witness the day’s proceedings. The seven-member panel rose and said it would reconvene if the noise inside the court is reduced. Justice Mohammed, before the court rose, directed lawyers representing the parties in each appeal not to appear with more than five lawyers, in order to decongest the courtroom. https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/372349-supreme-court-adjourns-sokoto-kano-imo-three-other-governorship-appeals.html
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Re: Supreme Court Suspends The Hearing Of The Governorship Appeals From Six States by megawealth01: 6:07pm On Jan 13, 2020 |
Thereafter, lawyers in each of the cases were limited to five and politicians who were not parties in any of the appeals were asked to leave the courtroom as the police deployed a dog to assist in the decongestion process. After carrying out the directive of the CJN to decongest the courtroom, about ten minutes later, the court reconvened and lawyers involved in the Kano State appeal announced appearance. When the lead counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission(INEC), Joseph Daudu, stood up to make his argument, the CJN announced that one of the justices hearing the case is critically sick. The CJN told the crowded court that “due to unforeseen circumstances beyond control, the court will abruptly rise because one of us is sick.” Consequently, Justice Mohammed led the other justices out of the court to their chamber to enable them to attend to the ailing judge whose name was not disclosed. At about 40 minutes later, one of the registrars of the court announced that all appeals in the case have been adjourned to January 14. The six appeals before the apex court were brought by various aggrieved candidates in the March 9 election in the affected states. The apex court will hear the appeals filed by the governorship candidates and is expected to deliver judgement promptly or announce a date for the judgement. |
Re: Supreme Court Suspends The Hearing Of The Governorship Appeals From Six States by Dreal1247: 6:22pm On Jan 13, 2020 |
Wonders of the century. Some of the defendants especially the Imo State Governor stand to pee on the trousers. Seasons of anxiety after elections. 1 Like |
Re: Supreme Court Suspends The Hearing Of The Governorship Appeals From Six States by megawealth01: 6:23pm On Jan 13, 2020 |
Issorite |
Re: Supreme Court Suspends The Hearing Of The Governorship Appeals From Six States by godlyguy(m): 6:55pm On Jan 13, 2020 |
Which way naija? |
Re: Supreme Court Suspends The Hearing Of The Governorship Appeals From Six States by 33komkom(m): 7:09pm On Jan 13, 2020 |
Hmmmm, something is wrong 1 Like |
Re: Supreme Court Suspends The Hearing Of The Governorship Appeals From Six States by Cantonese: 7:21pm On Jan 13, 2020 |
Dreal1247: How would he pee in his trousers please? |
Re: Supreme Court Suspends The Hearing Of The Governorship Appeals From Six States by megawealth01: 7:35pm On Jan 13, 2020 |
Cantonese: ![]() |
Re: Supreme Court Suspends The Hearing Of The Governorship Appeals From Six States by EagleNest(m): 2:33am On Jan 14, 2020 |
Adjournment - Bad or good omen? |
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