The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court is currently
hearing an ex-parte motion seeking to disqualify Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila from
emerging as the Speaker of the House of Representatives tomorrow, Vanguard
reports.
Justice Abdul Kafarati is presiding over the suit which was
lodged before the high court by the Registered Trustees of Social Justice and
Civil Rights Awareness Initiative.
The group, in the suit filed pursuant to Order 26 Rule 8 of
the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules, 2009, is contending that Hon. Gbajabiamila
is not morally fit to head the third arm of governance in Nigeria, alleging
that he was previously ”convicted in the state of Georgia for unethical
practices and was debarred as a lawyer for 36 months”.
Aside Gbajabiamila, the House of Representatives and the
Attorney General of the Federation were equally cited as defendants in the
matter.
The ex-parte motion is being argued on behalf of the group
by Human Rights lawyer, Chief Mike Ozehkome, SAN.
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