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Defection: Court okays Matawalle, others to be joined in suit seeking their removal

February 12, 2022February 12, 2022 admin

A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, granted the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)’s plea to join Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara as defendant in a suit seeking his removal.Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling, also granted the PDP’s reliefs to joined members of the national and state’s assemblies that defected, alongside Matawalle, from the party to the All Progressives Congress (APC) as defendants.Justice Ekwo, in addition, granted the prayer to join the Zamfara Deputy Governor, Mahdi Gusau, as second plaintiff in the suit.He noted that the determination of an application…

Defection: You can’t join Matawalle in the suit, APC tells PDP

January 18, 2022January 18, 2022 admin

The All Progressives Congress (APC), on Tuesday, told the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) that Gov. Bello Matawalle of Zamfara cannot be joined in the suit filed before a Federal High Court, Abuja, seeking his removal from office.The APC, through his counsel, Peter Nwatu, told Justice Inyang Ekwo that joining Matawalle would have amounted to setting the law against itself.Nwatu, who argued that the party sought to be joined was unknown to law, urged the court to refuse the application.“The applicant (PDP) has sought to join a person that is unknown…