Opposition Reps Members To Meet Over Minority Leader’s Lawsuit Against Removal

The number caucus successful the House of Representatives is to conscionable successful Abuja connected Monday to reappraisal the suit filed by its leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, to halt the alleged crippled to region him from the main presumption successful the House.

This was disclosed successful a announcement of gathering issued connected Sunday and co-signed by Agbedi Frederick, person of the Peoples Democratic Party caucus; Afam Ogene (Labour Party); Muktar Umar-Zakari (New Nigeria Peoples Party) and Peter Uzokwe for the Young Peoples Party (YPP).

“All Minority Members of the House of Representatives – you are hereby invited to an exigency gathering to sermon caller developments successful the number leadership, peculiarly to reappraisal the suit instituted by Minority Leader, Hon. Kingsley Chinda, against each members of number parties successful the 10th House of Representatives.

“Agenda: Response to the Lawsuit instituted by House Minority Leader, Rt. Hon. Kingsley Chinda, against each Minority Parties. Any Other Business (AOB),” the announcement read.

LEADERSHIP reports that the Federal High Court, Abuja Judicial Division, had summoned the absorption of the National Assembly, House of Representatives, Speaker Abbas Tajudeen and 9 others (including each the absorption parties), to look earlier it wrong 30 days implicit a suit filed by Chinda, seeking to halt an alleged planned determination to region him from his presumption arsenic main serviceman of the House.

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), transcript of which was sighted by LEADERSHIP, indicated that determination were plans allegedly 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 do
cause 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 read.

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).”