In an application for judicial review for an order of certiorari, Gbajabiamila in a motion on notice pursuant to Section 12 of FCT Area Courts Act 2010, Order 44, Rule and High Court of the FCT Rules 2018, challenged the criminal proceedings against him.
The respondents had argued that the State Bar of Georgia, United States of America had in 2007 found the Speaker guilty of professional misconduct. In the suit marked: FCT/HC/BW/M/267/19, Justice Musa also held that the allegation of disciplinary proceedings leveled against Gbajabiamila does not amount to criminal conviction by a court of law.
“The first respondent is not a legal officer of INEC. Criminal matters are only enforceable by a law enforcement agency. I so hold,” the judge said.
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