Group pushes court to disqualify Gbajabiamila over US indictment

It looks like Femi Gbajabiamila won’t be heading the House of Representatives as the Abuja Division of the Federal High Court is at the moment hearing an ex-parte motion seeking to disqualify him from running for speaker the tomorrow.

 

Justice Abdul Kafarati is presiding over the suit which was lodged before the high court by the Registered Trustees of Social Justice and Civil Rights Awareness Initiative.

 

In the suit filed pursuant to Order 26 Rule 8 of the Federal High Court Civil Procedure Rules, 2009, the group is contending that Gbajabiamila is not morally fit to head the third arm of governance in Nigeria, alleging that he was previously ‎convicted in the state of Georgia for unethical practices and was debarred as a lawyer for 36 months.

 

Aside Gbajabiamila, the House of Representatives and the Attorney General of the Federation were equally cited as defendants in the matter.

The ex-parte motion is being argued on behalf of the group by Human Rights lawyer, ‎Mike Ozehkome, SAN.

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