Musa Bagos Court Case Against Lalong On Mou With Jaiz Bank Adjourns To 30th August
Yakubu Busari
Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, Division has adjourned to the 30th August 2022 for the continuation of hearing on a suit filed by Musa Bagos the Federal Lawmaker Representing Jos East /Jos Federal Constituency challenging Governor Simon Lalong , State Government, and the Attorney General of Plateau State and Commissioner for Justice over the MoU signed with the Jaiz Bank to rebuild the Jos Main Market Authority.
The Jos Main market was built down in 2001 with over 3700 shops destroyed by the inferno that affected the sources of livelihood of traders in the market 20 years ago.
However, when the matter came up for hearing counsel to claimant /applicant, Barr.Niri Darong told the court that the matter was slated for hearing today and the defendants in his reaction to their originating surmount have chosen to file preliminary Objections (P.O) and to allow notice of originating surmount on the fact that two applications shouldn’t take together respectively.
According to him, the counsel claimant /applicant says they filed their originating surmount dated 9/8/2022 and the notice of P.O also 9/8/2022 and was served on the objectors which they filed their counter affidavit in a response dated 15/8/2022, adding that the objectors also filed another dated 3/8/2022 in response the notice of originating surmount.
Niri Darong told the court that they gave the objectors space of time to file their response which is within 21 days of notice, adding the P.O filed by defendants challenging the court for lack of jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
Speaking on the suit filed, Barr.Niri Darong said the learned Attorney General of Plateau state said that Hon Musa Bagos has no locus standing meaning has no right to sue regarding so many breaches of several agreements in the proposed MoU with the Jaiz bank.
He explained further that to rebuild the main market as we file response saying that the constitution has given every citizen of Nigeria to fitter right to challenge any act of government whatever the government, whoever the government is, we also say that he has the right under the act of his present office to defend the right of his people that of the state of his constituent.
Darong stressed that the learned Attorney general has also responded by servicing us with it and he is of the view that the court should take his objection today and we have to tell the court base on supreme court authority the issue of originating surmount and existing surmount, must be taken together and he conceal to the argument and the court graciously granted to the adjournment to the 30th August 2022 .
Barr Darong says, on the adjourned date so that the main suit and that of the originating surmount should take together . Meanwhile, they issued an interlocutory injunction in which they filed a counter affidavit and we have responded adequately.
