Impeachment: Ondo Assembly drags Judge before NJC over ex-parte order

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The Ondo State House of Assembly has condemned an ex-parte order granted by a Federal High Court in Abuja on September 26, 2023, over the restraining of

In a petition signed by Speaker of the Assembly, Olamide Oladiji, addressed to the Chairman of the National Judicial Council , the Assembly accused Justice Emeka Nwite, who granted the order, of compromising his office and violating the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“I write your lordship to formally lodge a complaint against Hon.

“As your lordship would observe, Annexure ODHA contains 14 allegations, many of which relate to alleged financial improprieties running into hundreds of millions of naira.

 

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