Aiyedatiwa loses bid to stall impeachment

Aiyedatiwa loses bid to stall impeachment

THE NATION

Embattled Ondo State Deputy Governor Lucky Aiyedatiwa yesterday lost a bid to stall his impeachment by the House of Assembly.

The Federal High Court in Abuja rejected his request for an indefinite adjournment of his case challenging the impeachment.

In a ruling, Justice Emeka Nwite dismissed Aiyedatiwa’s application for indefinite adjournment of his suit, pending the outcome of the intervention in the crisis by the peace committee set up by the All Progressives Congress (APC) to reconcile him and his principal, Governor Rotimi Akeredolu.

The court fixed October 30 to hear all pending applications by parties in the case.

Akeredolu, in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Richard Olatunde, warned the PDP against sensationalism.

Aiyedatiwa, through his lawyer, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN), had urged the court to suspend proceedings in the case indefinitely, pending when the National Judicial Council (NJC) would dispenses with a petition written against Justice Nwite by the Ondo State House of Assembly.

Justice Nwite, in his ruling, held that it was in the interest of justice for the court to hear the suit.

The judge added that it was improper to grant indefinite adjournment because there are other political parties, whose members are in the House of Assembly.

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