A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, reserved judgment in a suit filed by a faction of the Rivers House of Assembly led by Martin Amaewhule, seeking to stop all monetary allocations to the state.
Justice Joyce Abdulmalik adjourned the judgment to a date that would be communicated to parties after the lawyers to the plaintiffs and the defence adopted their processes and argued their case for and against the suit.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abdulmalik had earlier dismissed all objections raised by the Rivers State Government against proceeding with the hearing of the suit.
The judge dismissed the applications by the state government and other defendants in the suit to stay proceedings, pending the hearing and the determination of the appeal already filed before the Court of Appeal
The judge held that the request was frivolous, vexatious, unwarranted and mischievous.
The plaintiffs, defendants in the suit
The faction of the Rivers assembly…
