The development puts another spanner in the works of Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suit, which she hoped would be promptly resolved to possibly cut short the six months suspension on her imposed by the Senate.
A judge of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday recused himself from hearing a suit filed by Kogi Central Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan to challenge his suspension by the Senate.
Obiora Egwuatu’s decision followed a petition from Senate President Godswill Akpabio, who questioned his impartiality in the case.
The case was originally scheduled for a hearing, but when the court clerk called it, Mr Egwuatu announced his withdrawal.
He said that the case file would be returned to the Chief Judge for reassignment to another judge.
The development puts another spanner in the works of Mrs Akpoti-Uduaghan’s suit, which she hoped would be promptly resolved to possibly cut short the six months suspension imposed on her by the Senate.
It is the latest in the series of drawbacks the suit has suffered in within a week, including the judge’s 19 March ruling reversing his earlier 4 March order halting the Senate’s diaciplinary process against her.
The suit also faces the prospect of an indefinite adjournment even if it is promptly resigned to another judge, with the Court of Appeal set to hear Mr Akpabio’s application for stay of proceedings of the Federal High Court regarding the suspended senator’s case.
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