An Ondo State High Court has set October 10 to deliver a ruling regarding two applications in the lawsuit initiated by the deputy governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
Aiyedatiwa, in an affidavit to support the application, Aiyedatiwa said there was a need to amend the Originating Summons in order to bring the real issues in controversy between parties before the court.
The state House of Assembly, in its motion, challenged the competence of the substantive suit by relying on section 188(10) of the Nigeria Constitution, contending that the suit constituted an abuse of court processes saying a similar suit was also filed in Abuja by the deputy governor.
However, in his reply on points of law, counsel to the Deputy Governor, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa, said the application of the Ondo Assembly amounted to a demurrer in law as they ought to have filed their defence and then raised all their preliminary points of law in their defence.
After hearing arguments from counsel to all the parties, the presiding Judge, Justice Akintan-Osadebay, adjourned further proceedings to October 10, 2023, for ruling.
