A State High Court sitting in Bauchi on Monday issued an order of interim injunction, asserting that the present speaker and deputy speaker, Abubakar Suleiman and Danlami Kawule, should continue leading the house of assembly pending the determination of the suit before it.
According to Dailypost, 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 house election.
He maintained that after listening to and considered the submissions made by the lawyers of the applicants Barrister Jibrin Sa’id Jibrin, A.S Idris and U.K Adam, he was left with no option than to order that status quo between the parties in the suit be maintained until the determination of the motion on notice.
The respondents in the suit included 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 were 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.
