The Edo State House of Assembly, and its Speaker, Francis Okiye,
on Thursday, withdrew the suit they filed to stop the moves by the
National Assembly to take over the state assembly’s functions.
This came barely two weeks after Justice Taiwo Taiwo of the
Federal High Court in Abuja made an order restraining the National
Assembly from going ahead with the takeover plan pending the
hearing and determination of the suit.
The judge had fixed Thursday for hearing of the suit in which
the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mohammed Sani-Omolori, and the
National Assembly, were joined as the respondents.
But at the resumed hearing on Thursday, the plaintiffs’ lawyer,
Mr Sylvanus Ugwu from the law firm of the lead counsel, Ola
Olanipekun (SAN), told the judge that his clients had instructed
him to withdraw the case.
The respondents’ lawyer, Henrietta Emedem, did not oppose the
application, but asked for cost to be awarded against the
plaintiffs and in favour of her clients.
The judge, acceding to the plaintiffs lawyer’s request, struck
out the case but refused to award cost.
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