The Supreme Court yesterday fixed June 5 for judgment on an appeal brought by the dethroned Ohinoyi of Ebira land, Dr Ado Ibrahim, challenging his dethronement by the Court of Appeal as the traditional ruler.
Justice Tanko Muhammad, who led a 5-man panel of justices of the apex court, reserved the judgment after listening to counsel to parties in the suit who adopted their brief of arguments.
Ibrahim was sued by a group of Ebira chieftaincy stool stakeholders in 1998 following his alleged wrongful appointment by Col. Bzigu Afakirya, then Kogi Military Administrator on June 2, 1997.
The defendants had joined Ibrahim, Kogi Government and Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice as defendants in the suit. The Court of Appeal, Abuja, had on December 12, 2009, upheld the judgment of a Kogi High Court which dethroned Ibrahim on April 2, 2006.
Justice Tanko Hussein of the trial court had held that the appellant’s appointment by the Kogi government was “illegal and fraudulent” because it breached the state and Ebira Chieftaincy laws.
Many initial plaintiffs also later died, thereby, necessitating a string of amendments and attendant delays in the suit over the years.
Respondents in the appeal are: Alhaji Maigida Lawal, Alhaji Momoh Jimoh, Alhaji Ibrahim Ohida, Alhaji Ahmadu Anivbassa, Alhaji Isa Sani Omolori, Engineer Idris Seriki and Comrade Momoh Sanni.
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