Federal High Court sitting in Abuja yesterday fixed May 21 for hearing in the suit filed by seven Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers in Ekiti House of Assembly seeking to set aside all the actions of their 19 All Progressives Congress (APC) colleagues, including plans to impeach Governor Ayodele Fayose and deputy governor, Kolapo Olusola. The trial judge, Justice Evoh Chukwu, ordered that the position of the Assembly as at 23 April, 2014 be maintained pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice. Justice Chukwu ordered: “That the service of the originating summons and all other processes in this suit on the 2nd to 21st defendants are deemed as proper service. “That on the application of plaintiffs/applicants' counsel, time is hereby abridged to seven (7) days within which the respondents are to file their processes i.e counter affidavit and written address if any from the date of the publication in the newspaper.” The plaintiffs in the suit also asked the court to restrain the Clerk of Ekiti State House of Assembly (the 21st defendant in the suit) from further according legislative privileges to the APC lawmakers in view of their continuous absence from meetings and legislative business of the House, pending the determination of the Motion on Notice for interlocutory injunction. The plaintiffs are Dele Olugbemi Joseph, Ajibola Samuel Oyedele, Israel Olowo, Alex Ade Ojo, Adeyinka Adeloye, Adesope Olayinka and Ayoka Fatunmbi. They had approached the court through their counsel, Ahmed Raji (SAN) seeking an order to set aside all actions taken by the APC lawmakers.
