Court stops senate and house of reps from taking over Edo Assembly

The federal high court sitting in Abuja has ordered both the senate and the house of representatives to halt their plan to take over legislative duties of the Edo state house of assembly.

The court’s vacation judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo gave the order at the resumed hearing in the case instituted by the Edo state government.

The judge refused to hear the plaintiff’s motion for interlocutory injunctions but elected to hear the substantive suit and granted accelerated hearing.

He ordered the respondents to file their responses to the main suit within seven days and for the plaintiff to file his reply within five days.

The court adjourned the hearing of the substantive suit until August the 22nd.