Deputy Governor of Ondo State, Lucky Aiyedatiwa has filed an appeal against the ruling of the Akure High Court in respect of the case that he filed to challenge his impeachment proceedings by the State House of Assembly.
Gatekeepers News reports that Aiyedatiwa raised five grounds of appeal against the decision of the judge in a Notice of Appeal filed at the registry of the Akure High Court on Tuesday.
Amongst the grounds of appeal was a complaint that the judge erred in law in combining the hearing of his application for an amendment with the application of the House of Assembly challenging the jurisdiction of the court, which amounts to a denial of his right to a fair hearing.
Another ground of appeal was a complaint that the judge was wrong in holding that the case constituted an abuse of the process of the court as the parties and the subject matter of the case in Akure are different from those of the case in Abuja.
Aiyedatiwa, therefore, requested the Court of Appeal to set aside the ruling of the judge.
The Deputy Governor had filed the case against his impeachment on September 25.
Following this, on October 6, the court took arguments from counsel to the parties and delivered its ruling on October 10, holding that the case amounts to an abuse of the process of the court.
