Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday, adjourned till July 17 to hear the N8.1 billion suit by an ex-army general, Alhaji Abdulrauf Tijjani, against the Lagos State Government and seven others.
Alhaji Tijjani had dragged the Lagos State government, National Judicial Council (NJC), the Federal High Court and others to court challenging the alleged injustice perpetrated against him by officials of Lagos State and a serving judge of the Federal High Court.
The plaintiff is specifically challenging the alleged sabotage of the execution of a court judgment which returned his landed property in Lagos State to him.
Justice Ekwo had last week adjourned till yesterday to commence hearing after ordering the plaintiff to serve court papers on all respondents in the suit.
However, when the matter came up for hearing on Monday, lawyers to the second and fourth respondents the Federal High Court and Justice A. O. Faji respectively asked for time to respond to the allegations in the suit.
Following the non-objection to the applications by the plaintiff, Justice Ekwo adjourned hearing to July 17 and ordered parties to file and exchange necessary court processes.
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The judge warned all parties to put their house in order, adding that non of them should do anything that would stall the hearing on the next adjourned date
In the fundamental human rights enforcement suit instituted in Abuja, the former army general pray the court to order Lagos State Government and the Governor to pay him a cumulative compensation of N8 billion as damages for alleged injustice suffered in the hands of Lagos officials.
In the suit marked, FHC/ABJ/CS/690/2020, the plaintiff wants the court to compel NJC to pay another sum of N100 million for alleged misconduct of Justice A. O. Faji during the hearing of his matter.
In addition, the plaintiff asked the court for an order for the trial of Justice Faji for allegedly perverting the course of justice in his case.
Besides, Alhaji Tijjani is praying the court to compel the Chief Justice of Nigeria to remove the rank of Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) on Mr Kasheem Adeniji and further de-bar him for alleged misconduct.
In a 19-paragraph affidavit in support of the suit, the plaintiff averred that a former Attorney General of Lagos State, Abdulraheem Ade Ipaye now Deputy Chief of Staff to the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, allegedly coveted his landed properties in Shasha-Akonwonjo Area in Alimosho local government of Lagos State to his personal gain.
He said, as a result, he approached the court and got judgment in his favour on January 31, 2014, and however said that the judgment could not be executed because of the alleged sabotage on the part of Lagos State officials.
The plaintiff claimed that his case got worse when his personal lawyer, Mr Kasheem Adeniji (SAN) was appointed Attorney General of Lagos State and subsequently an interested party in the matter.
Plaintiff further averred that following the appointment of Adeniji as Lagos AG, he disengaged with his law firm, adding that the AG turned against him by frustrating his case.
He is, therefore, seeking the intervention of the court to restore justice and grant him the reliefs sought in the suit.
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