Adamawa: Court orders swearing-in of Ngilari as gov

High court in Abuja has earlier today stopped Adamawa bye-election scheduled to hold on the 11th October. It gave the order to swear in the deputy to the impeached governor of the state following the suit file by Mr. Bala Ngilari (former deputy governor).

He had asked the court to declare his resignation letter dated July 14, 2014 and addressed to the Speaker of the state House of Assembly, as illegal, null and void.In his suit, marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/545/14,
the plaintiff argued that his resignation letter was in breach of the provisions of sections 306(1), (2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution because it was addressed to the Speaker and acted upon by the House of Assembly.

The court ruled that the purported resignation of Ngilari on July 14, 2014 was invalid, null and void as it breached the provisions of sections 306(1), (2) and (5) of the 1999 Constitution because it was addressed to the Speaker and acted upon by the House of Assembly.