Justice Simisola Adeniyi of the Kaduna division of the court, in a suit filed by some aggrieved members of the Kaduna State branch of NULGE, declared that the earlier judgment by the Owerri, Imo State division of the court was in order. https://editor.guardian.ng/wp-admin/post-new.php#edit_timestampThe Owerri court had held that all officers of the union elected into office in 2014 on the basis of the 2005 Constitution of NULGE for a four-year tenure, were entitled only to the stipulated four years. The Kaduna case was filed in the name of the Kaduna State branch of the union, Rayyanu Turunku, and five others against Adamu Sanni and six others, who represented the state NULGE Caretaker Committee. The defendants urged the court to dismiss the suit. Justice Adeniyi agreed with the position of the defendants and reaffirmed the decision in the Owerri suit.

Source: The Guardian August 05, 2020 03:45 UTC