By
Nnabugwu Chizoba
The
Federal High Court, sitting in Jos, the Plateau State Capital, has on June 20th,
2016 adjourned till July 6th, 2016 for ruling, on a case many political
observers and admirers on the Plateau, have described as in-house fight.
The
case is between Hon. Abdul Saleh and Hon. Baba Hassan. Hon. Saleh and Hon. Baba
Hassan are members of the All Progressive Congress (APC). The case is an
election matter, in which Hon. Abdul Saleh is challenging, the qualification of
Hon. Baba Hassan to contest the 2015 General Election into the Plateau State
House of Assembly.
The
Plaintiff in the suit, Hon. Abdul Saleh, through his Council, Barr. D.C
Ibeawuchi, is challenging the authenticity of the certificate Hon. Baba Hassan submitted
to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), as part of the requirements
necessary to contest for election into the Plateau State House of Assembly seat,
to represent the Jos North North constituency in the 2015 general election, in
Nigeria.
However,
at the resumed hearing of the case, at the Federal High Court, in Jos, Council
to the Defendant, Solomon Umoh, SAN, seem to have put to rest the alleged
criminal issue, when he told the court that the police has done their
investigation, and on a personal communication with the police through his firm,
the police wrote his office that the allegation of Baba Hassan not completing
his studies at the University of Jos, was false. He said “the police report
indicated that Hon Baba Hassan completed his studies”.
Continuing
on the matter, Solomon Umoh, SAN, said “the report of the investigation of the
Police is part of the documents attached to the second Further and Better
Affidavit dated 17th June, as Exhibits IBH 10 and 7”.
Before
adjourning the case, the presiding Judge, Hon. Justice Musa Kuray, had listened
to the submissions of preliminary objections raised by Solomon Umoh, SAN, representing
the Defendant and also the substantive case of Barr. D. C. Ibeawuchi, for the
Plaintiff.
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