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Judge Assigned To Remove Tambuwal Withdraws

Farouk Mohammed By Farouk Mohammed Published December 2, 2014
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Justice Evoh Chukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday withdrew from a suit instituted by a House member, Abiodun Ishaq Akinlade, seeking to compel the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal to vacate the speakership following his defection in October from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

‎The plaintiff is seeking for an order court declaring  that Tambuwal’s deputy,  Emeka Ihedioha, should take over the speakership upon the vacation of the speaker.

The matter was consequently assigned to Justice Chukwu.

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When the matter came up yesterday, the trial judge announced his withdrawal from the suit on the ground that a petition has been written against him.

Tambuwal had written a petition to the National Judicial Council NJC dated November 30 challenging the assignment of the case to Chukwu.

He, therefore, requested the judge to disqualified from sitting over the suit because of the likelihood of bias that could prevent him from getting justice.

The petition reads in part, “My attention has been drawn to the above suit, which has been assigned to Court 8, presided over by Justice E. S.J. Chukwu, and we wish to make the following observations:

“Sometime in 2013, the said presiding judge, Justice E.S.J. Chukwu presided over the case of Peoples Democratic Party and 12 ORS VS. INEC & 4 ORS, wherein he made a judicial pronouncement, which has been interpreted by some, to the effect that there was no division in Peoples Democratic Party.

“The above decision of Justice Chukwu was heavily relied upon and cited severally in the case of Peoples Democratic Party, House of Representatives; the speaker of the House of Representatives & 52 ORS, suit No. FHC/ ABJ/CS/4/2014.

“Consequently, Justice A.F.A Ademola, relying on the said judgement of his brother Justice Chukwu, even though the said suit before him had nothing to do with defection, ruled that there was no division within the Peoples Democratic Party.

“And as such, the defendants in that case, who are members of the House of Representatives, who have similar cases as mine, currently pending in the Federal High Court Abuja, were not protected by proviso to Section 68(1)(g) of the 1999 Constitution. He rested his decision on that earlier judgement of Justice Chukwu aforementioned.

“The said judgement of Justice A.F.A Ademola, is subject of four pending appeals at the Court of Appeal, Abuja Judicial Division.

“My Lord, similar suits were variously instituted by various parties and are pending before the Federal High Court No. 7, presided over by Justice A.R Mohammed and are at various stages of proceeding pending before Court 7, presided over by Justice A.R Mohammed.”

Tambuwal further stated that he did not have confidence that Justice Chukwu will be able to dispense justice in the case as he had earlier “made a pronouncement on similar issues, in similar cases, decided by him, clearly shows that he has an iron cast judicial position or opinion in respect of suit no. FHC/ABJ/ CS/871/2014 concerning me sir which has just been assigned to him.”

The speaker however urged the Justice Auta to re assign the suit to “a neutral judge who has not made any judicial pronouncement on the issue or made public his opinion on the issue at hand.”

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