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A suit seeking for an order for the nullification of the June 9 election that saw the emergence of Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has suffered yet another setback.
Justice Gabrile Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja judiciary division, had on Wednesday, August 5, transferred the case to another judge.
The suit was filed by some All Progressives Congress senators who were not comfortable with the emergence of Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekeweremadu of the Peoples Democratic party as the presiding officers of the 8th Senate.
According to Daily Post, five APC senators, Kabiru Maraf, Ajayi Boroffice, Abu Ibrahim, Suleiman Hunyuki and Gbenga Ashafa filed the suit.
Kolawole while handing over the case, said that he does not have sufficient time to hear the case since as vacation judge his tenure will end on Friday, August 7, 2015.
The Senate was enmeshed in crisis following the election and subsequent swearing in of Saraki and Ekeweremadu as Senate president and deputy president respectively.
Saraki edged out Ahmed Lawan, who was the APC anointed candidate for the position when the later was waiting for a meeting conveyed by the party which was supposed to be chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the international conference centre.
The meeting which did not go through became an opportunity for some APC senators and their PDP counterpart to vote in Saraki and his deputy.
A suit seeking for an order for the nullification of the June 9 election that saw the emergence of Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has suffered yet another setback.
Justice Gabrile Kolawole of the Federal High Court, Abuja judiciary division, had on Wednesday, August 5, transferred the case to another judge.
The suit was filed by some All Progressives Congress senators who were not comfortable with the emergence of Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekeweremadu of the Peoples Democratic party as the presiding officers of the 8th Senate.
According to Daily Post, five APC senators, Kabiru Maraf, Ajayi Boroffice, Abu Ibrahim, Suleiman Hunyuki and Gbenga Ashafa filed the suit.
Kolawole while handing over the case, said that he does not have sufficient time to hear the case since as vacation judge his tenure will end on Friday, August 7, 2015.
The Senate was enmeshed in crisis following the election and subsequent swearing in of Saraki and Ekeweremadu as Senate president and deputy president respectively.
Saraki edged out Ahmed Lawan, who was the APC anointed candidate for the position when the later was waiting for a meeting conveyed by the party which was supposed to be chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari at the international conference centre.
The meeting which did not go through became an opportunity for some APC senators and their PDP counterpart to vote in Saraki and his deputy.
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