By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – An Abuja Federal High Court has restrained the Zamfara House of Assembly from impeaching the Deputy Governor of the state, Mahdi Gusau.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the order on Monday, July 19, 2021, while delivering a ruling in an ex-parte motion filed through counsel to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Ogwu Onoja, SAN, with suit number: FHC/ABJ/CS/650/2021.
The PDP, through its lawyer, prayed the court to use its power to grant its prayer in the interest of justice, saying, “This is the only place we can run to, especially in a situation of chaos the state has found itself.”
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), APC, Senate President, Speaker of House of Representatives, Speaker of Zamfara House of Assembly, Governor Matawalle and Chief Judge of Zamfara are 1st to 7th defendants respectively.
Egwuatu also ordered the defendants to maintain status quo pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice, while also ordering the Assembly not to impeach other PDP members.
He directed the plaintiff to serve all the defendants in the suit before Friday and adjourned the matter until July 23 for hearing of the motion on notice.
365Daily recalls that the Governor of the state, Bello Matawalle, recently defected from the PDP to the All Progressives Congress (APC), while his deputy, Gusau, did not.
The Lawmakers had threatened to impeach Gusau over activities they considered to be a threat to the security in the state which they claimed he was involved in.
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