Sheriff had brought the motion to the court, requesting it to disqualify the other faction from appealing the judgment of the Appeal Court which declared him leader of the party.
But at the resumed hearing, the court asked the counsels to submit written arguments before the next date of hearing.
During cross examination, Sheriff’s Counsel, Olujimi, SAN, could not substantiate the locus by which he filed the motion, but asked the court to disqualify the case.
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Meanwhile, the original panel headed by Justice Ibrahim Tanko is no longer in charge of the case as a new panel of Supreme Court justices has been constituted to go on with the matter