CJ approves transfer of Jimoh Ibrahim’s case from Abuja to Akure
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The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court has approved the request of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to transfer the case filed by Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim against the Ondo State Governorship Primary Election, from Abuja to the Akure Division for hearing.
The case which is slated for mention before Hon Jus Inyang Ekwo in Abuja on May 29, will now move to the Federal High Court Akure, which is in line with extant practice direction issued by the Hon Chief Judge to the effect that all pre-election matters should be heard and determined in the judicial division where the election took place.
The information was made known in a letter signed by the Special Assistant to the Chief Judge, Joshua Ibrahim Aji, Esq., addressed to Matthew Burkaa SAN, it was stated that “I am directed by His Lordship, the Honourable, The Chief Judge to inform you that action has been taken by transferring this case to the Federal High Court, Akure, after considering the reply from Chief Chris Uche SAN of Counsel for the Plaintiff, to the first defendant’s application.
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Recall that the APC has asked the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, to transfer the case filed by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim, to contest the outcome of the party’s gubernatorial primary election from Abuja to Ondo State, being the venue of the primary election subject matter of the suit.
The request was made in a letter written by the counsel to the APC which is the first respondent in the suit.
Sen. Jimoh Ibrahim instituted the suit at the Abuja Division of the Court on May 3, 2024, seeking to void the primary election that produced Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa as the candidate of the party for the November election.
