Justice Gabriel Kolawole declined the exparte application by the National Chairman of African Liberation Party (ALP), Dr. Emmanuel Osita Okere, who asked the court to stop the House.
Emphasizing the need for caution, the court said it must have been established that the impeachment proceedings had begun before it could hear the suit in order not to interfere with the functions of the House.
By the provision of Section 143 (1) of the 1999 Constitution, the court held that no single arm of the national assembly can unilaterally impeach the president, adding that it requires a joint resolution of the House and the Senate before the president could be removed.
By not joining the Senate as a party to the suit, the court said, the motion ex-parte cannot succeed.
"This may not be the proper occasion for this court to grant ex parte order against the 2nd and 3rd defendants, as the reliefs sought by the plaintiff largely benefits the president", the court said.
Justice Kolawole accordingly refused the ex parte order and adjourned the matter indefinitely, for the Chief Judge to re-assign the case.
Moving the exparte application, the Applicant's counsel, Alex Williams had prayed the court to grant an interim order restraining the House, saying, it was capable of distracting the president from discharging his duties.
The defendants are the Speaker Aminu Tambuwal; the House of Representatives, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice and President Jonathan.
In his affidavit in support of the originating summons, the plaintiff stated that the move to impeach the president is heating up the polity, describing it as a disguise to cause political turmoil.
Source: The Nation
Patience would soon come back to fire the national house members.lol
ReplyDeleteThatz what the northern politicians wants , So who will be there? buhari or ? Goodluck is even better than them Abeg all of them are the same , the shld leave the man alone let him finish his regime
ReplyDeleteI agree with u, whatever they label him, he is still better than those who ruled the country for a better part of the 50yrs with nothing to show for it. After all, this is the freest democracy, at least people get to run their mouth withoit the fear of being killed or dumped into the sea. Abegi, leave Jonathan Jare, with all his inepttitude, we prefer him to Boko t mallams.
DeleteAunty Linda hummm I smell trouble oh.some pple are looking 4 real trouble. #okbye#
ReplyDeletebleh.
ReplyDeleteThis is just a sham and we know it. All this drama is merely cooked up draw attention away from other pressing issues in the country. The House of Rep is just playing a role, so let's not get carried away by their acting. #gbam!
ReplyDeleteMake una leave this man alone na. All these years, no body talk of impeaching other president, na goodluck jona, una one impeach hia!
ReplyDeleteGoodluck don enter one chance.
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Abeg its all formalities someone dAt thinking of another term no be only impeach
ReplyDeleteimpeach his sorry arse!
ReplyDeletecrazy motherfucker wants to turn nigeria into zimbabwe:(
Would be settled with Ghana must go bag!!..all noise..no substance!!
ReplyDeleteWowww....speachless!!!!but I support d court and d house...
ReplyDeletei supot d aus,nonsense man.
ReplyDelete¶ wish and seriously pray D̶̲̥̅̊عƔ impeach his bomb blasting ass!
ReplyDeleteWalahi! I didn't understand half of wat was written dere.......... :s
ReplyDeleteI support dat johnathan shld b impeached.he's done nothing ,d likes of obasanjo n co r far beta at least obj made us hav access 2GSM 2de.johnathan is an anti-christ in d flesh,first he inflicted pains on nigerians by d so cald subsidy ish and nw now himself and d GOf-forsaken Sanusi lamido hav decided 2mak it easier 2steal trillions by d invention of d new 5000naira notes,not tinkn of the poor nigerians who are at d receiving end..johnathan has brought notin buh pain and terror 2dis nation.
ReplyDeleteOr should we talk about d boko-haram dts terrorizn d nation currently and killing innocent souls al under d disguise of western education blah blah blah..
Oh I can't say more cos the list is endless ..MR BADLUCK JOHNATHAN MUST GO..
Make una stp supporting dem,dey all dey are bunch of thieves.immediately he throw GHANA MOST GO.their mouth wil b sealed up.Fcking bastards.
ReplyDeleteJokers!! When money exchanges hands now they will all shut their traps.
ReplyDelete†̥ђε̲̣̣̣̥ senate will never support them anyway at least for as long as David Mark remains †̥ђε̲̣̣̣̥ senate president.
Abeg dem no fit,if i was d president i 'll jst kill d prsn dat brought d idea period..
ReplyDeletethat man is a fucked up man,seriously! I wish they could impeach him! Bastard
ReplyDeleteAm from d South, so the people that say rubbish about leaving him alone should shut up already. He is a disgrace. However, all this one na wash wash. They are trying to make him look like a survivor, we've seen this all before. Then, the person that called Buhari's name should buy a Government textbook. Goodluck by playing the victim is just destroying this country. Buhari cannot be behind this, you vote in a party not person, so PDP will still takeover. Goodluck is the worst thing that has ever happened to us, by the time he is done putting us in debt, the next 20years, our children will think know his name...
ReplyDeleteNa plan 4 next election jare. Goodluck will come out victorious next year as planned and praises will be on all our lips, then damn its election again...Am sure the impeachment idea was from his camp
ReplyDeleteThe person who talk Buhari should shattarp. U tink house go gree am come so they no go chop again. Nigeria thrives in corruption and Goodluck is giving them a breeding house
ReplyDeleteMr Divide and Rule Goodluck Jonathan, it has do biko
ReplyDeleteUna dey hear the billions this man dey borrow? Obj try small to remove us from debt, Una Jona don finish us
ReplyDeleteCos Jona & Okonjo-Iweala de investigate fuel subsidy bribe on Farouk & block all dier choppings Pms na im make de wan impeach d man? Shame on our house members.
ReplyDeleteIn fact, some northern leader they just looking 4 way to impeach our priincdent. In 1999 constitution non implementation 100% budget is not guarantee impeach him. I smell war.
ReplyDeleteNa lie joorh!!!! Dis is just to divert our attentions...... They r playing politics on our intelligence.......#Rubbish pipo them#
ReplyDeleteAll those saying Goodluck is better or Buhari is better, what it the basis of your comparism? On what facts, figures or indices have you based your esteemed opinion?
ReplyDeleteThe propblem with us (Nigerians) is that we are all parrots! We mindlessly repeat whatever sentiment we have heard and we do it so often that it becomes our truth...never mind that the facts say different. We are intellectually lazy and so we do not bother to source for facts before we open our mouths and blab! It so sad and disgraceful!!
Truth is that neither of them is better than the other. They all have their hands up to the shoulder blades in muck and mediocrity and when they throw us the scarps and crumbs from the buffet table we sing their praises to the high heavens!
I once heard that a people get the leaders they deserve. This is surely the case with Nigerians cos until we are ready to take responsiblity and demand the highest standards from ourselves and others, until we are able to speak the truth without fear nor favour, until words such as integrity, diligence and honour begin to make sense to us, we will get no better than the kinds of leaders we've had for the last 40 years...and we will deserve no better!
SHAM and pure waste of our time.
ReplyDeleteHe will settle them with Fat brown envelops and all of this will just be another old news.
Thieves....