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| Mahdi Aliyu Gusau, The Deputy Gov. Of Zamfara State. |
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Monday restrained Zamfara
Speaker and two others from proceedings with its planned impeachment of Deputy
Governor, Mahdi Aliyu Gusau.
The court also restrained the Governor and the Chief Judge.
Justice Obiora Egwuatu gave the restraining order after listening
to Ogwu James Onoja (SAN), who moved a motion ex-parte to that effect, on
behalf of the plaintiff in a suit filed in the name of the Peoples’ Democratic
Party (PDP).
Barr. Onoja told the court that the House of Assembly and others
were planning to impeach the Deputy Governor, who has refused to decamp to the
All Progressives Congress (APC), adding it was of utmost urgency that the court
intervenes by granting an interim restraining injection against the fifth to
seventh defendants – the Speaker, Governor and Chief Judge).
The Lawyer argued that if the impeachment is carried out without as
being planned, no sufficient monetary compensation could assuage the impact,
because it relates to a constitutionally recognized position with a stipulated
tenure.
In a ruling, Justice Egwuatu said he was convinced it was a matter
of extreme urgency, requiring the court’s intervention to preserve the res
(subject of dispute).
The judge then ordered parties to maintain the status quo ante
bellum pending the hearing of a motion filed by the plaintiff.
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