A Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday declined the request to hear an ex-parte motion filed by the governorship candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Adamawa State, Senator Aisha Dahiru-Ahmed (Binani).
Instead, Justice Inyang Ekwo ordered her lawyer, Mohammed Sheriff, to address the court on whether it possesses the jurisdiction hear the motion relating to the happenings in Adamawa State.
Justice Ekwo, who ordered the lawyer to file a written address, adjourned till April 26 for the hearing of the ex-parte motion and the applicant’s address on jurisdiction.
Recall that Sen. Aishatu Binani approached the court to grant her exparte motion to forestall INEC from withdrawing her declaration made by the suspended Adamawa State Resident Electoral Commissioner Mr Yunusa Hudu-Ari on Sunday.
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