The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has fixed October 24 to hear the appeal filed by the suspended President of the Court of Appeal, Justice Ayo Salami, to challenge his suspension by the National Judicial Council.
Salami had dragged the NJC before an Abuja Federal High Court to challenge his suspension but the NJC insisted that the court lacked the jurisdiction to hear the suit.
The NJC said the matter was labour-related and as a result, should be handled by the National Industrial Court.
As a result of the development, Salami asked the Abuja FHC to stay proceedings in the substantive suit to enable the Court of Appeal to determine whether it is the FHC or the National Industrial Court that has the jurisdiction to hear the suit.
Salami, through his counsel, Chief Akin Olujimi, SAN, maintains that the FHC has the powers to hear the suit.
Besides the NJC, other respondents in the suit are a former Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Aloysius Katsina-Alu, and immediate past CJN, Justice Dahiru Musdapher, who was the secretary of the Council when Salami was suspended.
Hearing in the case was stalled at the Court of Appeal on Wednesday due to irregularities in the motions filed before the court.
Punch
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