A high court in Akure, the capital of Ondo State, dismissed the state government’s and governor Rotimi Akeredolu’s lawsuit on Monday regarding the compilation of the appeals record.
Claiming that the process of settlement and compilation of record of appeal for the hearing of the appeal filed by the Deputy Governor would violate their rights, the claimants in the case had sued four registrars of the High Court, the Deputy Governor, the House of Assembly, the Speaker of the House and the Chief Judge of Ondo State.
When the case was called before Justice D. I. Kolawole, he stated that the claimants, via their solicitors, had requested to withdraw the lawsuit, stating that circumstances had changed.
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In response, the Deputy Governor’s attorney filed a counterclaim and a defence to the litigation, arguing that problems had been raised. The attorney then challenged the oral move to withdraw the matter.
The complaint was wiped out when the judge ruled that the plaintiffs were allowed to withdraw per the court’s procedures.
Next, in an effort to keep the lawsuit’s subject matter alive, the Deputy Governor’s attorney asked the court to instruct the parties to keep things as they are.
The House of Assembly’s legal representative contested the application.
After directing all parties to uphold the peace in its verdict, the court postponed the matter until November 22, 2023, for hearing of applications.
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