Nigeria: Abia Governor - CJN Queries Judge Over Litigant's Petition

2 February 2016

Aba — The dust raised by the December 8, 2014 governorship primaries of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State is yet to settle as the Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Mahmud Mohammed has queried the former Judge of the Federal High Court, Umuahia, Justice F.A. Olubanjo over a petition written by a former aspirant of the party in the state, Chief Friday Nwosu.

According to a highly placed source in the judiciary who pleaded anonymity, the query titled, "Denial of fair hearing and attempt to frustrate the conclusion of a governorship pre-election matter for the obvious benefit and undue advantage of the 3rd defendant, the sitting governor of Abia State" was the fall out of a petition written against Justice Olubanjo by Nwosu on October 12, 2015.

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