Mrs Patience Jonathan
An Abuja High Court on Thursday threw out an application filed to stop Dame Patience Jonathan from holding an emergency meeting of African First Ladies Peace Mission (AFLPM) in Abuja this Friday, May 15.
The trial judge, Justice Baba-Yusuf refused to stop the meeting because the two affidavits filed by the plaintiffs were contradictory and incompetent.
The judge said
that the affidavits were contrary to Section 115 (3) (4) of the Evidence Act 2011.The court also held that the plaintiffs slept on their right since the application was not presented timeously before the court.
The court noted that the plaintiffs became aware of the facts they deposed to in their affidavits since April 23rd 2015 but did not bring the application until May to stop the event which was to hold today.
The court mentioned that by the nature of the event, dignitaries must
have arived the country from all parts of the continent and by its
nature, enormous resources would have been put in to organize the event.
The motion to stop the event was moved on Thursday and the court delivered its ruling on the same day since the court had no choice as the event was fixed for today.
The plaintiffs, who include Nana Module Onwodi , Ekemma Ugborough Arisa, Louisa Ono Eikhomun and Deborah Oboh claim that the said emergency meeting called by Dame Jonathan was called in "bad faith" as it was aimed at scuttling any chance of Aisha Buhari becoming the President of AFLPM.
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