Suit seeking to sack Rivers’ sole administrator suffers setback
A suit filed by an Abuja-based lawyer, Mr Johnmary Jideobi, seeking the removal of the recently appointed Sole Administrator of Rivers State, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (retd), was stalled on Thursday due to the inability to serve some defendants.
This development occurred after the plaintiff’s counsel, Chimezie Enuka, informed Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja that he was unable to serve Zamfara and Bauchi states, who are the 8th and 9th defendants in the suit, with hearing notices.
During Thursday’s proceedings, only the Attorneys-General of Lagos, Bayelsa, Taraba, and Edo were represented in court out of the 36 state governments’ attorneys-general that were listed as defendants in the suit.
Enuka informed the court that he would ensure that all the defendants were served on or before April 13.
He therefore sought an adjournment to enable him to complete the necessary formalities.
Justice Omotosho, with the agreement of the lawyers in the matter, adjourned the case until June 11.
Jideobi, in the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/572/2025, listed President Bola Tinubu as the 1st defendant.
He also named the Attorney-General of the Federation, Ibas, and the Attorneys-General of the 36 states of the federation, as the 2nd to 39th defendants, respectively
