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Justice Ladiran Akintola of the Oyo State high court in Ibadan has ordered the state House of Assembly to suspend the impeachment move against the Deputy Governor, Rauf Olaniyan.
The judge made the order on Wednesday following an application filed by Olaniyan’s lawyer praying for interim injunction restraining the Assembly from taking any step regarding his impeachment.
The judge held that the lawmakers should maintain status quo pending the hearing of the application for interlocutory injunction.
What happened in court
The deputy governor had dragged the respondents to court over plans to impeach him.
He filed an application for an interlocutory injunction through his lawyer Afolabi Fashanu (SAN).
At today’s hearing, Mr Fashanu prayed the court to rule that status quo should be maintained, pending the hearing of the suit.
Mr A. A. Olabiyi, counsel to the respondents prayed the court for an extension of time to enable him to respond to the motion filed by the applicant’s lawyer.
He informed the court that he was served with the…
