June 28, (THEWILL) – On Friday, the Sokoto State Commissioner for Justice, Barrister Nasiru Binji, said the embattled Sokoto District Heads remain deposed in the eyes of the law.
Barrister Nasiru Binji told reporters on Friday that the court order on the deposed district heads in the state has been vacated.
He 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 ex parte.
“The duration of the order is 7 days; the order was given on the 13th of June 2024, therefore it vacated on the 20th of 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 the maintenance of the 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.
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