Joined in the suit as respondents are the 110 disengaged
staff, ABU, Zaria, the Minister, Federal Ministry of Education and the Attorney
General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, as first, second, third and
fourth respondents respectively.
When the matter was called before Justice Rakiya Hasstrup,
counsel to CBN, Matthias Agboni informed the court that he had an application
for stay of execution before the court.
He, however, proceeded to withdraw an earlier motion dated
and filed on March 8 and replaced with another of April 14.
Mr Femi Adedeji, counsel to the first respondent on his part
informed the court that he was not opposing the withdrawal.
Adedeji, however, stated that he was opposing the written
address that accompanied the new application.
Also, Mr Kashim Idi, counsel to the third respondent equally
did not oppose Agboni’s application for withdrawal.
He further said that he had not filed any process because he
had just been served processes by Adedeji.
The judge, therefore, said that the CBN’s application dated
March 8 was duly struck out.
She directed Adedeji to respond to the new application he
was opposing and serve parties.
Adedeji, however, objected and said that the appellant was
trying to delay the proceeding by frustrating and wasting the time of the court
In addition, he said he was ready to respond to the
appellant’s application on Point of Law
Agboni then proceeded to take his application dated and
filed on April 14 brought pursuant to order 64, rules 8 and 13 of the NICN
Civil Procedure of 2017.
The applications prayed for three orders of the court.
The first prayer was for an order of stay of execution of
the earlier judgment of the court delivered on Jan. 27, spending the hearing
and determination of the appeal.