Chief Judge of Rivers State, Justice PeterAgumagu has sued the National Judicial Council (NJC) and three others over his suspension and threat to sack him as a judge.
In a suit he filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja, the suspended judge is challenging NJC’s decision to suspend him and praying the court to restrain the members of an investigation panel set up to investigate the allegations against him from taking any further steps in respect of his case until the determination of the suit he filed.
In a suit he filed before the Federal High Court, Abuja, the suspended judge is challenging NJC’s decision to suspend him and praying the court to restrain the members of an investigation panel set up to investigate the allegations against him from taking any further steps in respect of his case until the determination of the suit he filed.
Sued with NJC in the suit marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/253/2014 are Justices Babatunde Adejumo, Jubril Idris and Comwell Idahosa( Chairman and members of the panel set up by the NJC to investigate allegations against the applicant (Justice Agumagu).
He is praying the court for “an order of certiorari, removing to this court for the purpose of being quashed the query and letter of suspension from office of the applicant as a judicial officer, Ref. No. NJC /S.32/RV.CCA/1/1/36 dated March 26, 2014written by the 1strespondent to the applicant.”
He also seeks “an order of certiorari, removing to this court for the purpose of being quashed, the minutes of the decisions reached by the 1st respondent at its emergency meeting of March 26, 2014 concerning the applicant.”
Justice Adeniyi Ademola, before whom the case is pending, on Monday heard an ex-parte application by the applicant and granted him leave to serve processes on the respondents.
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