Court orders Plateau monarch to pay N10m over chieftaincy installation

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A High Court in Plateau State on Friday ordered the paramount ruler of the Izere nation in Jos East Local Government of the state, His Royal Highness, Isaac Azi Wakili, to pay N10 million as damages for installing one Dang Azi as the Ward Head of Ahwere in his locality .

The court sitting in Jos and presided over by Justice P Gang gave the order while delivering judgement in an originating summon filed against the monarch and six others by the claimant and Ward Head of Laminga community, Chief Y A Izang.Recall that On the 11th of May, 2007, the Plateau State High Court presided over by His Lordship, Hon. Justice Y.

The claimant ,therefore, sought five reliefs which include an order of the court declaring that purported installation of the second defendant by the first defendant is null,void and of no effect whatsoever“An order of the court setting aside the purported installation of the second defendant by the first defendant as the Ward Head of Ahwere or of any part in Laminga Ward ,Jos East Local Government Area, Plateau state .

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