There was confusion at the Ogun State High Court sitting in Isabo,Abeokuta, on Thursday\u00a0 following the allegation that two court processes filed by the Labour Party, Ogun State chapter against the Ogun State Independent Electoral Commission and three others\u00a0 on the forthcoming local government election were missing.<\/p>\n
The LP had sued the state Governor, Ibikunle Amosun, the state Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Olumide Ayeni, OGSIEC and\u00a0 its Chairman, Risikat Ogunfemi, to court for their alleged refusal\u00a0 to give the party the necessary forms to participate in the coming LG election slated for October 8.<\/p>\n
At the adjourned date (Thursday), confusion ensued when the counsel for the LP, Oshoke Asimegbe,\u00a0 notified the court of the plan to amend its prayers through the motion on notice and amended originating summons.<\/p>\n
The LP had asked the court to restrain the OGSIEC from conducting the election on October 8, 2016 and order the commission to make available necessary forms to it to enable the party to participate in the coming election.<\/p>\n
But, the counsel for the\u00a0\u00a0 OGSIEC and Amosun, O.A Dankuwo,\u00a0 opposed the move, claiming that his clients were not served with the court processes, but, the record from the court registry\u00a0 indicated that the parties had been served.<\/p>\n
Though the Presiding Judge, Justice O.A. Rotimi-Balogun, confirmed\u00a0 the receipt of a copy of the\u00a0 court processes he called for an\u00a0 investigation over the alleged missing documents .<\/p>\n
Justice Rotimi-Balogun while adjourning the case, said it would be re-assigned for hearing after the court\u2019s vacation.<\/p>\n
The confusion was, however, cleared after the court processes were later found in one of the offices within the court premises and the other parties were later served.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, the state governor has kicked against his inclusion in the suit by the LP against the OGSIEC.<\/p>\n
Amosun in his preliminary objection signed by the state counsel in the Civil Litigation and Advisory Services, Ministry of Justice,\u00a0 Oyinkansola\u00a0 Adejumo, told the court to remove his name and that of the state Commissioner for Justice,\u00a0 Olumide Ayeni.<\/p>\n
Amosun and Ayeni, who were first and second defendants in the suit, urged the court to expunge their names, claiming that they were not necessary parties in the suit.<\/p>\n
Source: The Punch<\/p>\n
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