In response to his alleged planned shadow government, a professor of political economy, Pat Utomi, has been given a letter of caution from Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court Abuja to abstain from any acts that could threaten the suit’s outcome.
Justice Omotosho argued that the law requires parties to refrain from proceeding further until they are aware of the extent of a suit’s pendency.
The judge added that any party who engaged in such unlawful behavior would always have consequences and would not be reluctant to revoke any actions taken by any of the parties in the course of the case.
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At the resumed hearing in the lawsuit brought by Utomi, the sole defendant, by the Department of State Services (DSS).
Akinlolu Kehinde, the DSS’s attorney, complained that the judge’s caution was in response to a request for an order to maintain the status quo because there have been new developments since the lawsuit was filed.
The judge ruled that because the parties were aware of the suit’s pendency, an order was unnecessary even though the defendant’s attorney, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) objected.
Justice Omotosho chose to hear the main lawsuit along with the defendant’s preliminary objection, saying he would not grant any interlocutory restraining orders.
The judge informed the parties that he had invited seven senior attorneys from the six geopolitical regions to serve as amici curiae and to give the court their legal opinions on the case.
He claimed that because of the nature of the case, which had no known precedent, he made the decision to seek opinions from seasoned law experts.
The judge named those who had been invited, including Professor Uchefula Ugonna Chukwumaeze, the Vice Chancellor of the Imo State University (IMSU), and former NBA president Joseph Daudu (SAN), Professor Ademola Popoola of the Obafemi Awolowo University, and Professor Uchefula Ugonna Chukwumaeze, the former NBA president.
Other notables include Yabubu Maikyau (SAN), a former NBA president, and Professor Dakas C. J. Dakas (SAN), a former Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Jos, Joe Kyari Gadzama (SAN), and Mrs. Miannaya Essien (SAN).
Justice Omotosho remarked that parties’ lawyers would receive advice from the court’s friends so they could respond.
The judge then adjourned the case until July 10 to hear the preliminary objection and the substantive suit.
Utomi, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate from 2007 in the DSS, was sued for allegedly establishing “a shadow government” in the nation.
The court was requested to declare the action a constitutional attack.
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The security service argued in the lawsuit filed on May 13 that Utomi’s action was intended to stir up unrest and abolition.
Source: Channels TV
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