Agbaso seeks to withdraw suit against IMHA, 3 others

Jude Agbaso

An Owerri High Court will on June 4, rule on an application for withdrawal of a suit, by a former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Mr Jude Agbaso.
The counsel to the plaintiff, Alex Williams, in the application filed on Thursday in the court presided over by Justice Florence Duruohaigwe, announced the intention of his client to withdraw the suit.
Agbaso had filed a fresh suit against the Imo House of Assembly and three others, after an earlier one on the infringement of his fundamental human rights was dismissed.
Abaso’s lawyer, Barrister Williams, said his client had the right to decide whether to continue with his case or not and urged the court to grant the application without delay.
But counsel to the defendant, Chief Adeniyi Akintola (SAN), opposed the application, saying the application had no merit and should not be granted, adding that the suit should rather be dismissed with a cost of N5 million.
He said that the plaintiff’s counsel had foreseen the failure of the suit and  urged  the court to award the cost to his client.