As the National Assembly received a report from the
committee it sent to Bauchi State to probe the leadership crisis rocking the
state assembly since its inauguration last month, the state high court on Monday
issued an order of interim injunction ordering that the present Speaker and Deputy
Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman and Danlami Kawule respectively, should continue leading the assembly pending
the determination of the suit before it.
Justice Muazu Abubakar, who issued the order, fixed October
3, 2019, for hearing of the motion and substantive application filed by the
speaker, deputy speaker and other 11 members of the assembly who participated
in the assembly election.
Abubakar said after listening to and considering the
submissions made by the lawyers of the applicants Barrister Jibrin Sa'id
Jibrin, A.S Idris and U.K Adam, he hereby ordered that status qou between the
parties in the suit be maintained until the determination of the motion on
notice.
It was reported that the respondents in the suit include the
National Assembly, speaker house of representatives, the house of
representatives committee members, the clerk of the National Assembly and clerk
of the house of representatives.
Others are; the inspector general of police, director
general department of state services, commissioner of police Bauchi State
command and director of department of state services Bauchi State Command and
the state governor.
This is coming even as the National Assembly received a
report from the Committee it sent to Bauchi State to probe the leadership
crisis rocking the State Assembly since its inauguration last month.
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