Justice Stephen Pam, in a short ruling at the resumed hearing, said that he was adjourning the matter in view of an order made by the Court of Appeal to stay proceedings. “Before me is a ruling from the Court of Appeal dated August 13, signed by Justice Abdul Aboki presiding. The judge had earlier told INEC’s counsel, Mr. Samuel Omale, to convey his displeasure to Yakubu’s counsel, Mr. Adegboyega Awomolo (SAN) over the manner in which he was handling the matter. His attitude to this court is disappointing; he has shown a lot of disrespect to the court. The court had on August 1 issued a bench warrant for the arrest of Yakubu for “flagrant” disobedience of court orders.

Source: The Guardian August 17, 2018 00:00 UTC