The Federal Excessive Courtroom sitting in Abuja has given the Kano State Authorities seven-day ultimatum to indicate trigger why the ex-parte orders sought by the 44 native authorities areas of the state shouldn’t be granted.
The Affiliation of Native Authorities of Nigeria, Kano State Chapter, had within the go well with marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1733/2023 prayed the courtroom to order the Kano State authorities, the Kano State Legal professional-Basic and Commissioner for Justice, and the state’s Accountant-Basic from disbursing and spending the funds and allocations belonging to the LGAs within the Kano State Joint Native Account, pending the willpower of the plaintiffs’ substantive go well with.
On the proceedings on December 28, 2023, Justice Donatus Okorowo refused to grant the order and directed the defendants to seem earlier than him on January 3 to indicate trigger why the restraining orders shouldn’t be granted.
Upon the resumed listening to on Wednesday, the plaintiffs’ counsel, Ibrahim Nasarawa, mentioned the defendants didn’t file their processes to indicate trigger throughout the three days prescribed by the rule of the courtroom after being served the courtroom order.
He, nonetheless, urged the courtroom to grant the orders sought of their ex-parte movement, citing Order 26, Rule 11 of the FHC.
However the counsel for the Kano State Authorities, Hafeez Matanmi, pleaded for extra time, including that he was briefed by his shopper on Tuesday.
The counsel for the state Legal professional Basic and the Commissioner for Justice and Accountant Basic of Kano State, Okechukwu Edeze, additionally prayed for additional adjournment within the curiosity of a good listening to.
After listening to the counsel’s arguments, the decide gave a seven-day ultimatum to the defendants to indicate trigger why the plaintiffs’ prayers shouldn’t be granted.
He, nonetheless, adjourned the matter until January 11, 2024 for additional listening to.
The PUNCH experiences that the go well with by the LGA chairmen was in a bid to cease the state authorities’s transfer to assemble two flyovers throughout the metropolis utilizing funds from the joint account.