{"id":31960,"date":"2014-10-09T20:48:19","date_gmt":"2014-10-09T19:48:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=31960"},"modified":"2014-10-09T20:48:19","modified_gmt":"2014-10-09T19:48:19","slug":"adamawa-fintiri-asks-court-sack-ngilari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/adamawa-fintiri-asks-court-sack-ngilari\/","title":{"rendered":"Adamawa: Fintiri asks court to sack Ngilari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Sacked Acting Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has faulted Wednesday\u2019s judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which removed him from office.<br \/>\nHe argued that the trial judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola, erred in law when he held that the former deputy governor (now Governor), James Bala Ngilari did not resign in accordance with constitutional provision.<br \/>\nFintiri\u2019s contention is contained in a notice of appeal filed by his lawyer, Duro Adeyele (SAN), and in which he raised eight grounds of appeal.<br \/>\nHe wants the Court of Appeal in Abuja to set aside the judgment by Justice Ademola, dismiss the suit by Ngilari on the ground that it was defective or in the and refer the case for hearing before another Federal High Court by way of writ of summons.<br \/>\nListed as respondents in the appeal are \u2013 Ngilari, Speaker of the Admawa State House of Assembly, House of Assembly, impeached governor Murtala Nyako and the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC).<\/div>\n<div>Nation Newspaper<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sacked Acting Governor of Adamawa State, Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, has faulted Wednesday\u2019s judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja, which removed him from office. 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