PLATEAU JUDICIARY BRIEFS: COURT ORDERS PARTIES TO JOIN PLATEAU STATE HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY AND THE SPEAKER AS 3RD AND 4TH DEFENDANTS IN SUIT NO: PLD/J257/2023, FILED BY SUSPENDED LGC CHAIRMEN

By: Valentine Adese (JP),

The Plateau State High Court presided over by Hon. Justice Samchi has ordered the joining of the Plateau State House of Assembly and its Speaker, in Suit No: PLD/J257/2023, filed by the suspended 17 Local Government Chairmen of Plateau State and their Councilors, as 3^rd and 4^th Defendants.

You would recall that the 1^st and 2^nd Defendants have being the Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang (Esq), and the Attorney-General of the State since the hearing of the Suit commenced.

The Court has also ordered that the Originating Summons, the Preliminary Objections (POs), among other processes already filed in the matter, be amended and serve on all parties before the 5^th of December 2023.

The Court further ordered that the process should be served on the Clerk of the Plateau State House of Assembly, and if he is not there, on his staff in the office or any worker in the Assembly that has the competence of being served.

Alternatively, when it fails, it should be pasted on the gate or Notice Board of the Assembly complex. This owing to an unconfirmed information reaching the Court that the Members of the House of Assembly are currently on a two months recess and the workers of the Assembly are also on strike.

The matter had been adjourned to the 22^nd of December 2023 for hearing.

TO BE CONTINUED…