Justice James Kolawole Omotoso of the Federal Excessive Courtroom in Abuja has granted the request of the impeached Deputy Governor of Edo State, Phillip Shuaib to affix the Speaker of the State’s Home of Meeting in his go well with difficult his impeachment earlier than the courtroom.
The courtroom additionally granted the plea of the previous Deputy Governor to affix his successor as a defendant within the go well with.
In his ruling on Wednesday in a movement on discover filed by Shuaib, the Decide agreed with the plaintiff’s counsel, Ayotunde Ogunleye, SAN, that each the Speaker and the brand new deputy governor are crucial events within the go well with.
The Decide held that beneath Part 188 of the 1999 Structure, the title of the Speaker options prominently within the impeachment course of, therefore, he should be dropped at courtroom for order that may be made to legally bind on them.
Justice Omotoso dismissed the objections raised towards the movement on discover by the Speaker and the Deputy Governor for being frivolous and with out benefit.
The Decide subsequently invoked Order 17 Rule 1 of the Federal Excessive Courtroom and ordered that the Speaker and the Deputy Governor be joined within the go well with.
The Courtroom additionally granted permission to the previous Deputy Governor to amend his originating summons within the go well with to replicate the title of the Speaker and the Deputy Governor as ninth and tenth defendants within the case.
The case has been mounted for June 3 for listening to.