Ondo House of Assembly withdraws appeal against Deputy Governor Aiyedatiwa
The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker on Thursday withdrew its appeal filed with the Abuja Regional Court of Appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court in Abuja that stayed the impeachment plan of Ondo State Deputy Governor, Lucky Ayedatiwa. .
The Ondo State House of Assembly and its Speaker had challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court in Abuja to deal with the matter and had appealed the courtroom’s judgment that halted the deliberate impeachment of the deputy governor.
At Thursday’s listening to, the Speaker and State House Counsel, Dr. Peter Olatobula (SAN), instructed the three-judge panel of the Court of Appeal that he had been instructed by his shopper to withdraw the appeal.
Olatobula instructed the courtroom that the events to the difficulty had discovered a political resolution to the difficulty and signed an settlement to withdraw the appeal.
“As the first respondent, we have come here to withdraw the appeal as part of the agreement,” he mentioned, including that the instruction to withdraw the appeal got here from the Speaker of the Ondo State House of Assembly.
A senior lawyer mentioned the appeal was being withdrawn within the curiosity of peace and as half of an settlement reached between the events.
He mentioned the withdrawal discover dated November 29 was filed on November 30, 2023.
The respondents within the appeal confirmed that the discover of withdrawal had been served and added that they don’t object to the discover of withdrawal.
Therefore, the courtroom dismisses the appeal as having been withdrawn by the appellants.
The Ondo House of Assembly and its Speaker, on October 3, responded to the unilateral order by Justice Emeka Nwite of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on September 26, to restrain the Ondo State Governor, the Chief Justice, the House of Assembly, and the House of Assembly. I filed a grievance on the day. The Speakers stop continuing with the deliberate impeachment of Deputy Governor Lucky Ayedatiwa pending the willpower of the pending movement for preliminary injunction.
Source: guardian.ng