The Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has reinstated the purportedly impeached Executive
Chairman of Qua’an Pan Local Government Area, Hon. Isaac Kwallu.
The presiding
Judge, Justice Nafisat Musa after a six hours judgement ruled that Hon. Kwallu
is hereby reinstated and ordered the fourth defendant, Hon. Abdulmalik Yusuf
Haruna to vacate the office with immediate effect.
She said the
judgment is in the interest of justice, fairness and in the promotion of democracy in Nigeria, saying that It is highly unfortunate that the conduct of the
proceedings of the panel were within a week.
“There is no
how that the panel should have afforded the plaintiff the right to respond to
these allegations against him. Consequently, I ruled in favour of the plaintiff
against that of the defendant.
“On the
whole, having resolved all the four issues in favour of the plaintiff, I hereby
granted this judgment in the overall interest of justice, and the promotion of
democracy in the country, this is the ruling of the court in this case,” she
stated.
Following a
consequent application by Counsel to the plaintiff for the release of the official
vehicles to the Chairman, Justice Musa directed the immediate release of three
official vehicles, ‘one Toyota Hilux, one Ford Hilux and one Prado Jeep” which
were in the custody of the court to Hon. Isaac Kwallu.
She said
having keenly looked into the matter; the impeachment can be described as a
stage-managed drama. "That is why I painstakingly looked into this issue
carefully. I don’t want to overlook anything so that nobody will say he was
cheated.”
The
reinstated local government council Chairman, Hon. Isaac Kwallu while
responding to questions from Journalists on the outcome of the case said, “To
the glory of God the Father Son, and Holy Spirit; my joy knows no bound. I want
to thank the good people of Qua’an Pan who gave me their mandate freely and
that was why we had to defend the mandate which was freely given to us.”
He thanked
his supporters who have kept faith with him in the struggle as well as citizens
of Plateau State, and called on the good people of Qua’an Pan LGA to put
everything that happened behind them. “We are all politicians, we will meet
again, and whatever it is, I have forgiven everybody.”
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