A High Court in Bauchi has issued an interim injunction order directing that the present Speaker and Deputy Speaker, Abubakar Suleiman and Danlami Kawule, should continue leading the House of Assembly, pending the determination of the motion before it.
This is coming as the National Assembly received a report from the committee it sent to Bauchi State to probe the leadership crisis rocking the state assembly since its inauguration last month.
Justice Muazu Abubakar who issued the order fixed October 3rd for hearing of the motion and substantive application filed by the Speaker, Deputy Speaker and other eleven-members of the assembly who participated in the assembly’s election.
Abubakar said after listening to lawmakers and the submissions made by the lawyers of the applicants Jibrin Sa’id Jibrin, A.S Idris and U.K Adam, he has ordered that the status quo between the parties in the suit be maintained until the determination of the motion on notice.
