APC vs Obaseki: Federal High Court Upholds Obaseki's Application, Adjoins Indefinitely.

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              Governor Godwin Obaseki


By Newscurve.


A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja  presided over by Honourable Justice Ahmed Muhammed has adjoined indefinitely a suit instituted by the All Progressives Congress (APC) against Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State challenging his eligibility for the 12 September Edo State governorship election which was won by the Governor. 

The plaintiffs in the suit marked FHC/B/CS/74/2020, prayed the court for an order disqualifying Obaseki from contesting the September 19 governorship election in Edo State on the grounds of alleged discrepancies in the documents he supplied to the  Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). 


Governor Obaseki through his lawyer Ken Mozia SAN had applied to the Federal High Court to expunge some pleadings of the plaintiffs; an application the court declined.


The Governor thereafter approached the Court of Appeal to challenge the refusal and decision of the high court to expunge some paragraphs in the APC's reply to his affidavit and applied for a stay of proceedings and for the matter to be adjourned sine die (indefinitely) at the Federal High Court pending the determination of the appeal.



However, Chief Akin Olujimi, who argued for APC urged the court to dismiss Obaseki's motion for indefinite adjournment of the suit on the grounds that it was a pre-election matter and was bound by time.


Olujimi contended that since the case had a life span of 180 days that would terminate by January 2021, it was in the interest of justice for the court to continue with the proceedings.


But the application by the Governor for a permanent stay of proceedings  scaled through on Tuesday as the argument of Ken Mozia, his counsel was upheld by the court.


Justice Ahmed Mohammed in a well considered ruling on Tuesday afternoon said the court was not in doubt that an appeal had been lodged and both counsel conceded. Whether to proceed with the main suit or stay proceedings – the Judge said, “this court is not prepare to go on a collision course with the court of appeal and the suit is adjourned” to allow the appellate court determine the case before it.

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