The Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned until March 16, a suit seeking the removal of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu from office.<\/p>\n
Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed the date following the agreement of counsel in the matter.<\/p>\n
A Mr Maxwell Okpara, approached the court praying for an order that Adamu should resign from office, having spent the mandatory 35 years in service.<\/p>\n
When the matter was called, counsel to Okpara, Mr U.C. Ejike told the court that the matter was slated for hearing of the motion to abridge time.<\/p>\n
Ejike, however, informed the court that the second defendant, (the inspector-general) filed a counter affidavit which was served on his client on Feb. 23.<\/p>\n
The lawyer also told the court that the other defendants in the matter, the president and the attorney-general had not responded to the motion.<\/p>\n
He informed the court that he needed time to respond to the counter affidavit just as he was expecting replies from the defendants to his motion to abridge time.<\/p>\n
Responding, counsel to the inspector-general, Mr Alex Ejesieme,SAN, did not oppose the application for an adjournment but he informed the court that he was served with the motion late on Feb. 22.<\/p>\n
He, however, said that he was able to file a response and serve on the applicant on Feb. 23.<\/p>\n
The judge adjourned the matter until March 16 for hearing of the substantive suit.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff, in the suit, in addition to asking the inspector-general to resign, is also praying the court to restrain him from exercising any form of command over the Nigeria Police.<\/p>\n
He also\u00a0 contended that Adamu\u2019s tenure\u00a0 elapsed on Feb. 1 by\u00a0 virtue of the Nigeria Police Act.<\/p>\n
He maintained that Adamu completed his tenure as inspector-general on Feb. 1 after completing 35 years in service as required by the Nigeria Police Act.<\/p>\n
In the originating summon in suit number FHC\/ABJ\/CS\/106\/2021, the plaintiff, Maxwell Okpara, wants the court to determine, whether by provisions of Section 215, 216, and Section 7 of the Nigeria Police Act 2020, Adamu can continue to function as inspector-general after Feb 2.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff also asked the court to determine, whether the failure of the president or the Nigeria Police (first and second defendants) to appoint another inspector-general did not constitute an abdication of their duty.<\/p>\n
In a ten paragraph affidavit, deposed to by the counsel, Maxwell Okpara,(plaintiff), he stated that though, Adamu was no longer a serving Police officer but had continued to function in that capacity.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff urged the court to determine if the continued stay in office by Adamu was not a breech of the provisions of the constitution and the Nigeria Police Act.<\/p>\n
The plaintiff, therefore prayed the court to declare illegal, null and void all actions taken by Adamu from midnight of February 1.(NAN)<\/p>\n
The Federal High Court Abuja, on Wednesday, adjourned until March 16, a suit seeking the removal of the Inspector-General of Police, Mr Mohammed Adamu from office. Justice Ahmed Mohammed fixed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":78571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-78742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"\n