Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice John Tsoho has been petitioned by the All Progressives Congress (APC) over Justice Taiwo Taiwo, the Judge handling the suits filed against the candidacy of Mr Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the party’s flag-bearer in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State.
The APC who alleged that Justice Taiwo has strong ties with Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers state, asked for a transfer of the lawsuits. APC said they have no confidence in Justice Taiwo serving justice, due to his decision to give accelerated hearing in the suit seeking disqualification of its governorship candidate in the forthcoming governorship election in Edo State.
The petition partly read “That on August 10, 2020, when Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/758/2020 came up for mention, the learned judge, suo motu, abridged the time allowed by law for the defendants to respond, even when some of the defendants have not been served with the originating processes, by fixing the matter for August 24, 2020, for hearing and that responses must be filed before then. That at the time the learned judge made the said order, a motion on notice to abridge time was pending before the court which had not been served on all parties. We have no confidence of getting justice before Justice Taiwo Taiwo and therefore humbly request that the said matters be transferred to any other vacation Judge in the Federal Capital Territory.”