Abdulmumin Jibrin backtracks, withdraw suit challenging suspension

The former chairman, House of Representatives committee on appropriation, Abdulmumin Jibrin, has withdrawn his suit challenging his suspension from the House.

Jibrin, a lawmaker from Kano state, was suspended by the House for 180 legislative days following the recommendations by its ethics committee.

The embattled legislator’s suit seeking stop the House from taking action against him was still pending in court at the time of his suspension.

But the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday, October 21 struck out Jibrin’s suit, after his counsel, Mr Chukuma Nwachukwu, told the court that his client had filed a notice of discontinuance.

Nwachukwu, told the court that there was a notice of discontinuance filed on October 11, urging the court to discontinue the matter, NAN reports.

The judge, Justice John Tsoho, also declined a request of the defendants for a N200,000 cost, holding that the defendants were “strong institution and personality”.

The counsel to the defendants, Mr Kalu Onuoha, did not oppose the application, but asked for a cost of N200,000 for the processes filed by them.

He said the defendants filed many processes in this case before the court went on vacation in July 2016.

Nwachukwu, however, opposed the application with the fact that the defendants did not filed any defence in this matter.