Judge withdraws from suit challenging qualification of Ize-Iyamu to participate in the September 19 governorship election in the state.
The governorship candidate of All Progressives Congress in Edo State, Osagie Ize-Iyamu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Ize-Iyamu || @PastorIzeIyamu]Justice Taiwo Taiwo has recused himself from a suit challenging the qualification of Osagie Ize-Iyamu as the governorship candidate of theMr Taiwo, a judge of the Federal High Court, Abuja, withdrew from the case on Thursday following a petition filed against him by one of the lawyers in the APC legal team.
“As judges and lawyers in the temple of justice, it is our duty to protect the integrity of the court and that of the judiciary.“It is disturbing to receive a petition from a party in the suit seeking for the transfer of the case; The contents of the said petition are wicked and unsubstantiated.According to the judge, it is not only coronavirus that has become a pandemic, the spate at which politicians write petitions against judges should be declared a pandemic and should be checked.
He, however, maintained that he had no affiliation, personal or political with any of the parties in the case. The judge subsequently remitted the case file to the Chief Judge of the court, John Tsoho, for reassignment to another judge.
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