The National Industrial Court in Abuja has fixed January 13/14 to hear an application filed by Simon Achuba over his controversial impeachment as the deputy governor of Kogi State.
Today’s hearing suffers set back because the applicants requested for time to respond to the arguments by the respondents.
Mr Achuba’s lawyer, Emmanuel Ogala, who pray for adjourned date to enable him respond to defendants argument, told the court that he was served earlier in the day.
The respondents are Governor Yahaya Bello and the state Attorney-General and Commissioner for Justice.
The adjourned date is a week to the end of Mr Achuba’s tenure in office on January 20, 2020.
Simon Achuba had asked the court to nullify his impeachment and order the state government to pay up his withheld entitlements.
In the documents, Mr Achuba listed the allowances he said are due to his office and asked the court to declare that the state governor was wrong to have withheld the allowances.
The state House of Assembly impeached Mr Achuba on October 18, hours after receiving the report of the impeachment panel from the Chief Judge of the state, Nadir Ajana.
