By Sunday Ejike Benjamin
A federal high court sitting in Abuja on Thursday, refused an exparte motion seeking to stop Governor Idris Wada of Kogi state from functioning as the governor of the state.
However, the court presided over by Justice Donatus Okorowo, ordered the governor to appear before it on or before February 8, 2012 to show why he should continue in office before final determination of a case against him and others by a governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the state, Oyebode Makinde.
Justice Okorowo, in his ruling in the exparte motion asked the plaintiff to put Wada and other defendants in the matter on notice.
The judge who granted accelerated hearing of the matter also asked parties in the case to file and serve their processes on or before February 8, 2012, being the next adjourned date.
Makinde had asked the court to bar Idris Wada from parading himself as governor of Kogi state on the ground that two persons are laying claims to the governorship seat of Kogi state.
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Attorney General of the Federation, Idris Wada, and Speaker of the Kogi State House of Assembly were joined as 1st to 4th defendants respectively in the suit.
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