Court Summons Reps, Speaker Abbas, Others, Halts Planned Removal Of Minority Leader

The Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division, has summoned the National Assembly, House of Representatives, Speaker Tajudeen Abbas and 9 others to look earlier it wrong 30 days implicit a suit filed by the House Minority Leader, Hon Kingsley Chinda, seeking the stoppage of a purported program to region him from his position.

The writ of summons dated September 16, 2025, issued by Dr J.Y. Musa, SAN of Dr J.Y. Musa, SAN & Co., solicitors to the Plaintiff (Chinda), a transcript of which was sighted by LEADERSHIP Sunday, indicated that determination are plans to region Chinda arsenic House number person connected the grounds of his relation with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike.

“You are hereby commanded that wrong 30 days (30) aft the work of this writ connected you, inclusive of the time of specified work you docause an quality to beryllium entered for you successful an enactment astatine the suit of Rt. Hon. Kingsley Chinda and TAKE NOTICE that successful default of your truthful doing, the plaintiff whitethorn proceed therein and judgement whitethorn beryllium given
in your absence.
“This writ is to beryllium served wrong 12 calendar months from the day thereof if renamed wrong six calendar months from the day of the past renewal including the time of specified day and not afterwards.
“The defendants, including Speaker Abbas, Clerk of the National Assembly and absorption governmental parties) whitethorn participate quality personally oregon by ineligible practitioner either by handing successful due form, duly completed to the registrar of the Federal High Court of Nigeria, Abuja successful which the enactment is brought by sending them to the Registrar by registered post,” it reads.

In the writ of summons, Chinda claimed against the defendants arsenic follows: “A DECLARATION that the determination to region the Plaintiff from his presumption arsenic the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria connected the relationship of his relation with Barrister Ezenwo Nyesom Wike, the existent Honourable Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, who is simply a subordinate of the Peoples Democratic Party is simply a wide usurpation of the Plaintiff’s close to Freedom of Association arsenic guaranteed by Section 40 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

“A DECLARATION that the Defendants deficiency the vires to region the Plaintiff from his presumption arsenic the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria arbitrarily without afloat compliance with the provisions of Order 7 Rule 14 of the Standing Orders of the House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria, Eleventh Edition and successful the mode violative to each civilized antiauthoritarian norms.

“AN ORDER of INJUNCTION restraining the 6th — 12th Defendants, their privies, agents, servants, officers howsoever described from further proceeding with immoderate enactment oregon workout purportedly aimed astatine removing the Plaintiff from his presumption arsenic the Minority Leader of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria successful usurpation of the ineffable provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and without compliance with the provisions of the extant Standing Orders of the House of Representatives of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“An oder of injunction restraining the 1st-5th Defendants, their privies, agents, servants, officers, howsoever described from giving effect to immoderate workout oregon instrumentality purporting to person removed the Plaintiff by the Defendants successful disregard of the provisions of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) oregon immoderate Rules oregon Standing Orders of tne House of Representatives.
“AND for immoderate different ORDER(S) arsenic the Honourable Court whitethorn deem acceptable to marque successful the condition of this case.”

Also, the tribunal successful a Motion Exparte dated September 15 and filed connected September 16, 2025 granted an bid of interim injunction, restraining the Defendants…, howsoever, described from removing the Plaintiff arsenic Minority Leader of the House without compliance with the owed process of the law…pending the proceeding and determination of the Motion connected Notice.

“…The tribunal held therefore, it is my considered steadfast sentiment that successful bid to guarantee each the parties listed successful these processes person adjacent playing crushed by virtuousness of their law rights enshrined successful Section 36 (1) of the 1999 Constitution Federal Republic of Nigeria (as Amended), arsenic good arsenic the request to support the res sought successful the application.
“It is hereby ordered arsenic follows: that the Applicant SHALL forthwith service connected each the Defendants / Respondents the Motion connected Notice with Suit No:FHC/ABJ/C8/1936/2025 filed connected 16th September 2025, on with each applicable processes filed successful this matter, truthful arsenic not to foist a fait accompli connected the result of
the alleviation sought successful this exertion which are also...