The court also set aside the resolution of the assembly recommending the Chief Registrar of the state High Court, Yahaya Adamu, to the Judicial Service Commission for disciplinary action over alleged gross misconduct.
In his ruling, Mr Omolaye-Aiileye said he had come to an “irresistible conclusion” that the resolution of the assembly arising from its sitting of April 2, recommending the removal or stepping aside of the Chief Judge for gross misconduct, must not be allowed to stand. “It is tragic that the respondents whose primary responsibility is to make laws for the peace, order and good government of Kogi state will be the same institution to be associated with violation of court orders,” he said.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the applicants approached the court by way of an interlocutory application.
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