The
Supreme Court on Tuesday ordered the Court of Appeal to resume hearing
of all appeals relating to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
governorship candidacy tussle in Ondo state.
This
followed the withdrawal of 10 motions filed for stay of proceeding by
the Ali-modu Sheriff faction which led to a stay of proceeding at the
appellate court.
The
Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria who presided over the proceedings,
Justice Walter Onoghene, dismissed the motion and awarded a cost of
N250,000 against those who filed them.
Justice
Onoghene ordered the Appeal Court to resume hearing because the case
is a pre-election matter.
Counsel
to the Sheriff-led PDP, Mr Beluolisa Nwofor, who earlier served the
lower court the motions asked the Supreme Court to strike out the
motion but the Supreme Court instead dismissed it.
The
Appeal Court had adjourned indefinitely its judgment on the matter
involving Mr Eyitayo Jegede’s appeal to reclaim the candidacy of
the PDP in the November 26 governorship election.
This
was after INEC replaced his name with that of Jimoh Ibrahim of the
Modu-Sheriff faction as the party’s candidate in the election.
The
judgment slated for delivery was put off by Justice Ibrahim Saulawa
following a motion filed at the Supreme Court by the Senator Ali Modu
Sheriff led-faction of the PDP asking the Appeal Court panel to hands
off the matter.
The
Court of Appeal had fixed Friday, November 18, 2016 to deliver
judgment in respect of an appeal filed by Eyitayo Jegede against the
decision of Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja, which
ordered the substitution of his name with that of Jimoh Ibrahim for
the governorship election.
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