Bayelsa PDP: Court didn’t sit on Alaibe’s case on Friday
The Federal High Court did not sit on the case instituted by an aspirant for the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party in Bayelsa State, Chief Timi Alaibe, on Friday after all, The News Across has learnt.
Earlier report had it that the court had rejected the process for the primaries that threw up the candidate of the PDP for the polls coming up on Saturday.
It had thus declared that the party was not eligible to field any candidate for the election.
However, this has been found to be false as the court did not sit in the first instance.
According to available information, following the primary, Alaibe instituted a case at the Federal High Court in Yenagoa in Suit No: FHC/YNG/CS/99/2019 against the PDP and four others.
However, upon the matter coming up for hearing in Yenagoa, Alaibe wrote a petition to the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja requesting that the matter be transferred from Yenagoa to abuja for reason insecurity.
Consequently, the case was transferred to Abuja for onward reassignment by the Chief Judge who transferred the matter to the Owerri Judicial Division of the same Court for continuation and by the same Judge who sat on the matter in Yenagoa since there was no personal indictment in their petition on the judge.
On November 8, 2019, the matter came up at the Federal High Court, Owerri for hearing as directed.
However, the matter could not proceed for reason that the service of processes has not been completely exchanged between parties.
Consistently, the matter was adjourned again to November 15, 2019 for final argument.
After the parties left Court on the said date, Alaibe wrote another petition against the judge, this time alleging that he does not have confidence in the person of the judge.
It was for this reason the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court again directed the Judge Hon. Justice Jane Inyang to respond to the petition against her.
The matter was therefore adjourned indefinitely to enable the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court conclude investigations.
The court, however, did not sit on Friday.
