The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday adjourned till Wednesday, hearing on the alleged certificate forgery case instituted by the APC against Edo state governor, Godwin Obaseki.
Although the suit was slated for hearing this Monday, Justice Ahmed Mohammed however adjourned the case to Wednesday, following submissions by Ken Mozia (SAN), counsel to Obaseki that all pending motions relating to pleadings must be resolved before the substantive case.
Mozia asked the court to allow him to move his motion challenging the competence of the reply filed by the APC to the defense of governor Obaseki in the case.
The PDP through its counsel, Razak Isenalumhe aligned with Obaseki’s position on resolving pending matters before the substantive case.
In his ruling, Justice Mohammed held that the motion of Edo state governor challenging the competence of APC’s reply to his defense is fundamental as it is related to the pleadings and has to be resolved first.
The judge said, filing of pleadings cannot be said to have been completed when a motion challenging the competence of a reply to the defense has not been replied.
The APC counsel said that there is a possibility of consolidating the cases of alleged certificate forgery which also affects the Edo state deputy governor, Phillip Shuaibu.