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Malami Asks Court For More Time To File Processes In Kanu’s Suit

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Malami Asks Court For More Time

The federal authorities and the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) have requested the excessive court docket of Abia state for an extension of time to allow them file processes within the swimsuit instituted by Nnamdi Kanu.

Kanu, chief of the proscribed Indigenous Individuals of Biafra (IPOB), had filed a swimsuit marked HIH/FR14/2021 towards the federal authorities of Nigeria, attorney-general of the federation, chief of military employees, inspector-general of police, director-general of the Division of State Companies and three others for allegedly violating his basic human rights.

Kanu, by way of his lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, requested the court docket to compel the respondents to pay him N5 billion in damages as financial compensation for the “bodily, psychological, emotional, psychological and different damages” he allegedly suffered.

The case was adjourned until October 7 after the federal authorities & AGF didn’t make appearances or file processes in court docket. As at September 21, solely two out of the eight respondents had filed processes within the matter – the DSS in Abuja and Abia.

On October 7, nevertheless, the case couldn’t be heard because the case file which was returned by Ok.C.J. Okereke, the holiday decide, was but to be reassigned to a different decide.

In a recent utility dated September 29, however filed on October 6, the AGF and federal authorities are asking the court docket for an extension of time to serve their counter-affidavits and different processes on events within the swimsuit.

Whereas admitting that they’re out of the time stipulated by legislation, the respondents stated it was resulting from “circumstances past their management”. They prayed the court docket to make use of its discretion within the curiosity of a good listening to.

However Ejimakor opposed the applying, and cited statutory and judicial authorities that disallowed inordinate delays in listening to circumstances of basic rights, particularly in conditions the place the applicant is in detention.

“It beggars perception that it took the federal republic of Nigeria and the workplace of the attorney-general of the federation with presumably hundreds of attorneys virtually one month after being served a basic rights swimsuit to organize a counter-affidavit,” he stated.

Malami Asks Court For More Time

Malami Asks Courtroom For Extra Time

Malami Asks Courtroom For Extra Time

Malami Asks Courtroom For Extra Time