A high court in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed January 2020 for hearing of
the suit former governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode, filed against
the house of assembly over the procurement of 820 buses.
The lawmakers, who said the former governor acquired the buses without
their approval, had set up a panel to probe him.
The panel invited Ambode but he did not appear before it and the
assembly threatened to issue a warrant for his arrest.
The governor had headed to the court and the assembly was ordered to
suspend its probe pending hearing of the suit.
During the court sitting yesterday, the judge, Yetunde Adesanya, fixed
the hearing of the case for January 16.
A team of lawyers to the defendants led by Lawal Pedro and Olukayode
Enitan informed the court of the counter affidavit filed in opposition
to the motion for interlocutory injunction.
They also raised a notice of preliminary objection challenging the
jurisdiction of the court to entertain the matter.
Pedro said he had been served with Ambode’s written reply on point of
law to the counter affidavit with a written address. However, he asked
for time to react to the process served on him in court by the
Ambode’s legal team.
In response, Tayo Oyetibo, Ambode’s counsel, confirmed the receipt of
the preliminary objection but informed the court that the defendants
were yet to file a defence to the suit.
The judge adjourned the case till January 16, 2020, for hearing, at
the instance of both parties.
