28th June, 2024
By Maduabuchi Nmeribeh
The Sokoto State Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Nasiru Binji, on Friday, said the embattled Sokoto District Heads remain deposed in the eyes of the law.
Attorney General, and Sokoto state Commissioner for Justice, Nasiru Binji, told Journalists on Friday that the court order on the deposed district heads in the state has been vacated.
Nasiru Binji, explained that the district heads stand deposed as the court order ceased to exist seven days after it was granted, citing Order 13 Rule 3 (3) of the High Court of Sokoto State Civil Procedure Rules 2015.
“By the operation of Order 13 Rule 3 (3) of the High Court of Sokoto State Civil Procedure Rules 2015 the Order has abated (vacated) automatically. Because the Order was made exparte.
“The duration of the order is 7 days, the order was given on 13 of June 2024, therefore it vacated on the 20th June,” he further explained.
Before now, Justice Kabiru Ahmed of the Sokoto High Court had on June 13, while ruling on the ex parte applications in a suit filed by two of the deposed district heads, ordered for the maintenance of status quo pending the determination of the substantive motion for interlocutory injunction filed before the same court and fixed for July 23, 2024 for hearing
