Court orders substituted service of suit seeking removal of Edo lawmakers
Court orders substituted service of suit seeking removal of Edo lawmakers
By Eloyi Matthew
Justice Chuka Obiozor of the Federal High Court, Benin City, Edo State, has ordered the service of a suit seeking the removal of eight lawmakers in the Edo State House of Assembly following their defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), last October.
Justice Obiozor issued the order while delivering the ruling in an ex parte application seeking service of the suit through substituted means.
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The lawmakers, who include the Speaker of the House, Francis Okiye, Ojiezele Sunday, Onoben Iziegbeya, Okoduwa Ewah, Aluebhosele Ephraim, Asoro Roland, Yekini Idiaye and Nosayaba Okunbor, had left the APC for the PDP a few weeks to the governorship election last year.
However, an aggrieved member of the APC, Emankhu Addeh in a suit sought the removal of the eight lawmakers on the grounds that their defection violated the law.
The plaintiff, in addition to the suit, filed a motion ex parte praying the court to order the service of the suit on the defendants through substituted means.
In a short ruling, the judge granted the application and ordered the pasting of the suit at the usual or last known abode of the defendants at the Edo State House of Assembly Quarters.
Justice Obiozor further ordered that a pictorial representation of all such pasted processes is attached to the affidavit in proof of service.
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He subsequently adjourned till September 27 for mention of the suit.
Court orders substituted service of suit seeking removal of Edo lawmakers
