PDP lawmaker Asks Judge Related To Pius Anyim To Sack Tambuwal Through The Back Door

In a move some legal experts have described
as an abuse of court process, the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP), through one
Isiaq Abiodun Akinlade in the House of
Representatives, has approached an Abuja
Division of the Federal High Court to sack
Speaker Aminu Waziri Tambuwal from his
position and membership of the House of
Representatives

The case, which is expected to come up today
before Justice Evoh Chukwu, fellow Ebonyi
indigene and kinsman of the Secretary of the
Government of the Federation, Anyim Pius
Anyim, is seeking an ex-parte order to remove
Tambuwal from his seat as well as to ask the
Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha, to take over
as acting Speaker of the House of representatives.
The decision to award the case to Justice Chukwu
has raised eyebrows in legal quarters especially
considering the fact that he is well known  pro-
government judge known for awarding bogus legal
victories to the PDP in the past.
Some lawyers in the know of the issue said it was
curious that Chukwu will even accept to handle the
matter considering the fact that similar issues are
now before a different judge in the same Abuja
Division of the court.
Mr. Tambuwal has already filed a case in court
seeking protection against moves by the PDP to
declare his seat vacant. Already, Justice Ahmed
Ramat Muhammed has ordered that status quo be
maintained until the determination of the lawsuit
filed by Tambuwal. Having been named defendants
in this case, the party has now instigated one of its
members in the House of Representatives to file
another case seeking reliefs Tambuwal sought to
stop his removal.
A lawyer knowledgeable about Justice Chukwu's
antecedents today said: "The issue of Justice
Chukwu giving favourable judgements to PDP is
now a source of concern to many. You are aware
that he gave judgement against Baraje led-New
PDP by saying there was no faction in the party.
This ruling was contradicted by two respected
judges in Sokoto and Ilorin divisions of the
Federal High Court who held that by the facts
before them, there are indeed factions in PDP.
"By his stand on the Baraje issue, his position on
the availability of faction in PDP is already
known. Speaker Tambuwal defected to APC
because he was convinced there was a faction in
Sokoto PDP as per the ruling of the Sokoto
division of the Federal High Court. Do you think
Justice Chukwu is the right person to hear this
application?
Curiously, Akinlade also recently defected from the
APC to the PDP in order to actualize his
ambition of becoming governor of Ogun State on
the platform of the PDP

Source:Saharareporters