Akure Court did not dismiss Aiyedatiwa’s case — Adegboruwa

Renowned legal practitioner and counsel to Lucky Aiyedatiwa, the Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa (SAN) on Tuesday denied reports that a suit filed by his client was dismissed by an Ondo State Court sitting in Akure, the state capital.

Adegboruwa made this known while reacting to news that Aiyedatiwa’s case was dismissed, describing the information as misleading.

He said, “my attention has been drawn to a misleading and false report to the extent that the Akure High Court dismissed the case of the Deputy Governor of Ondo State today. This is not correct at all.

“I was in court today in Akure in the reported case. Far from the misleading report of the alleged dismissal, the court did not dismiss any application. The claimant (deputy governor) had a pending application for injunction pending appeal which was slated for hearing today.

“When the case was called,  the claimant’s counsel informed the court that since the claimant has almost perfected the process of compilation and transmission of the record of appeal for the hearing of his appeal, there was no need to burden the court with the pending application,” he said.

Adegboruwa had then applied to withdraw it and it was accordingly struck out, adding that “the application for costs by counsel to the House of Assembly was declined by the Court.

“In law generally, the court does not form the habit of dismissing any case that has not been heard on the merits,” Adegboruwa added.

Adegboruwa added that the court session lasted less than five minutes and the only thing that happened was that he applied to withdraw a pending application, stating that he was shocked to read the false report that the case was dismissed.

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