Ex- Adamawa State Deputy Governor, Bala Ngilari, on Friday lost in his bid to restrain the Independent National Electoral Commission, (INEC) from conducting bye-election to fill the vacant governorship seat in the state.
The seat became vacant following the recent impeachment of Murtala Nyako by the state lawmakers.
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, in a ruling, refused Ngilari’s ex-parte motion in which he sought an interim restraining order against the INEC.
The judge ordered that INEC be put on notice and fixed next Tuesday for hearing of the motion on notice containing similar prayer of injunction.
Justice Ademola, who listened to Ngilari’s lawyer, Festus Keyamo, move two ex-parte motions filed for the plaintiff, granted his prayer for substituted service, via the newspaper.
The judge also granted leave to the plaintiff to serve court processes on the defendants outside Abuja.
Ngilari, whose office was declared vacant on July 15 by the state’s lawmakers following their impeachment of the governor, had earlier this week sued the legislators and asked the court to sack the state’s acting Governor, Ahmadu Umaru and make him (Ngilari) the governor.
The suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/545/14 has Umaru, the Speaker, Adamawa State House of Assembly, the Acting Governor, Adamawa State, Nyako and INEC as defendants.
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