Amaewhule loses big as court refuses petition seeking reassignment of suit on his defection to APC

BOOT Party and others as plaintiffs in suit number FHC/PHC/269/2024 are praying the Federal High Court holden in Port Harcourt to declare the seats of Amaechwule and 24 others vacant for decamping from the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, to the All Progressives Congress, APC.

The Presiding Judge, Justice Steven Dalyop Pam, who read the petition in the open court, noted that the petitioner, Amaewhule, was praying the CJ of the High Court, to stop the hearing process and reassign same matter to another court. “If your Lordship bows to this letter, then you have allowed the litigants to determine pending applications before the court even before they are heard.Police rescue abducted retired Shell worker, kill suspected kidnapper in A'Ibom

However, Counsel for the 1st to 25th Defendants in the suit, Ferdinand Orbi, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, denied knowledge of the petition by his client, but prayed the court to adhere to the petition and stop further proceeding if the letters was addressed to the CJ of the court. In response to the Judge’s, Pam’s stand that the defense has not filled counter affidavits to the originating summon Orbi, noted that he was yet to file affidavits on the suit, adding that none of the motions for joinder has been served on him.

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