All Farmers’ Association of Nigeria (AFAN) on Monday, opposed an application by the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) to withdraw from a suit filed against its embattled former President, Kabir Ibrahim.
Counsel to AFAN, Modibbo Bakari, who made this known after the trial Judge, Justice Taiwo Taiwo of a Federal High Court, Abuja fixed October 20, 2021to hear the matter, said he was going to file a counter affidavit to challenge the move.
AFAN had, on May 11, 2020, sued Ibrahim and his dissolved National Working Committee (NWC) over his alleged refusal to hand over the association’s assets and property.
Ibrahim was said to have been elected into office in 2014 in accordance with Article 13 of the Constitution of the organisation which provides a five-year single term for every elected executive member.
Ibrahim, whose tenure as AFAN president expired in June 2019, was alleged to have been parading himself as the leader of the association in recent times.
When the matter, which has the former AFAN president and the IGP as the 1st and 2nd defendants was called, lawyer to the Police boss, Victor Okoye, informed the court that he had a motion on notice, seeking for an order of court, striking out the name of the 2nd defendant (IGP) from the suit for failure of the plaintiff to disclose any reasonable cause of action why his client should be joined.
Okoye said that counsel to AFAN and Ibrahim had been served with the motion filed on September 24.
Bakari, who confirmed the service of the motion, however said he was only served with the application “this morning” (Monday morning) and he would need time to respond appropriately.
His application was not opposed by other counsel, including A.O. Ekeya, who represented Ibrahim in the case and the trial Judge, adjourned the matter till October 20 for a hearing of the applicant’s counter-affidavit.
AFAN had, in a suit numbered, FHC/ABJ/CS/322/2020 filed by Bakari, asked the court to stop Ibrahim-led NWC from parading themselves as executive members of the association.
The lawyer wanted the court to determine whether, by virtue of the established law of AFAN, the 1st defendants, whose tenure expired in June 2019 is still vested with powers to manage and run the affairs of the association.
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