COURT RESTRAINS RESIDENT DOCTORS FROM EMBARKING ON STRIKE. (PHOTO).
COURT RESTRAINS RESIDENT DOCTORS FROM EMBARKING ON STRIKE The national industrial court Abuja division has restrained all members and agents of the national association of resident doctors from calling, directing, organizing, participating in, and embarking upon any form of industrial action. Justice Emmanuel Danjuma Subilim gave the order in an interim injunction filed by the federal government through the office of the attorney general of the federation and minister of justice. The court temporally barred members of the association from embarking on any form of strike, work stoppages, go-slows, picketing, or any other form of industrial protest or disruption. The association is equally restrained from taking steps preparatory to any form of industrial action from the 12th day of january, 2026. The interim order remains in force pending the hearing and determination of the motion on notice fixed for the january 21, 2026. The association had earlier threatened to...
The trial of the former governor of Benue State,Gabriel Suswam and his former Commissioner of Finance,Omadachi Okolobia before Justice A.R Mohammed at the Federal High Court,Abuja was stalled today wednesday,June 21,2017 due to the absence of the second defendant,Okolobia.Suswam and his co-accused were arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC,on a nine-count charge,bordering on money laundering to the tune of N3.1billion.They were alleged to have diverted proceeds of the sale of shares owned by Benue Government and Benue Investment & Property Company Limited.The case,which has suffered several adjournments for over a year was to resume today,but coukld not go on as Okolobia,a second defendant in the suit,was markedly absent.His absence was attributed to his inability to meet bail conditions in another 32-count charge of fraud preferred against him,his principal {Suswan} and Jeneth Aluga,a former Accountant General of the State,by the Federal Government.According to Okolobia's counsel,Samson A. Eigege,''the absence of Okolobia was due to the fact that he was remanded on Monday in Kuje prison on the orders of Justice Kolawole.He had been granted bail,but the bail conditions are yet to be fulfilled as the surety earlier brought was rejected''.He urged the court to grant adjournment to enable them secure the release of the second defendant {Okolobia} for him to stand trial.Responding,Oluwaleke Atolagbe,counsel to EFCC,raised no objection to the adjournment,but brought to the notice of the court that the case was to be heard today and tomorrow {June 21 and 22} and requested that,''if the defence could meet the bail conditions today,the defendant would be released and trial should continue tomorrow with the defendant present''.On the other hand,Suswan's counsel,Tawo E. Tawo,SAN,told the court that he had no objecttion to the adjournment sought by Eigege as he was aware of the circumstances surrounding the second defendant's absence.He urged that adequate time should be given to the second defendant as tomorrow might not be feasible.Justice Mohammed,after listening to the submissions of counsels adjourned to September 28,2017 for continuation of trial.
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