Lawal and nine other
officers of the state assembly were on February 16 removed from their various
offices by a five members led by Mr Umar Imam.
The Federal High Court in
Abuja on Thursday ordered the reinstatement of Mr Momoh Jimoh as the Speaker of
the Kogi State House of Assembly.
There are a total of 20
members in the House of Assembly.
Delivering judgment on
Thursday in a suit filed by Lawal and nine others, Justice Nnamdi Dimgba,
ordered Imam and members of his group to immediately vacate the positions of
the House of Assembly which they took over from the plaintiffs.
Umar and members of his
faction – Friday Sani, Lawal Ahmed, Bello Abdullahi and John Abah were sued as
the 1st to the 5th defendants in the suit.
The rest of the respondents
joined as 6th to 9th defendants are the Inspector General of Police, the
Director-General of the Department of State Service, Commandant Civil Defence
Corps and Kogi State House of Assembly.
Justice Dimgba ruled on
Thursday, “It is hereby ordered that the 1st to 5th defendants should
immediately vacate the different offices they now purportedly occupy by reason
of the purported impeachment and removal of the Speaker and other principal
officers.”
He directed Lawal and the
other principal officers (2nd to 9th plaintiffs) to immediately resume their
duties in their different offices “as they were never impeached and/or
removed”.
The plaintiffs who were
reinstated to their positions are, Lawal (Speaker); Aliyu Akuh (Deputy
Speaker); Kolawole Matthew, Osiyi Godwin, Sunday Shigaba, Ndako Idris,
Oluwatoyin Lawal, Musa Jimoh, Victor Omofaye and the Peoples Democratic Party.
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