Mr. Onyebuchi through his five-man team of lawyers led by Femi Falana SAN, in the Suit Number E/373/2014 filed on September 30, 2014, is asking the court to determine whether the State Assembly could initiate removal or impeachment proceedings against him for the purposes of removing him from office when he had not committed a gross misconduct in the performance of his functions as the state Deputy Governor.
Other lawyers appearing for Onyebuchi in the matter are Chief Ogochukwu Onyekwuluje, Chief Chris Aghanwa, Osinachi Nwoye, and C.K. Ogbonnaya Esq.
The Speaker of the State Assembly, Eugene Odoh, 23 lawmakers, the Enugu State House of Assembly, and the new Deputy Governor, Pastor Ifeanyi Nwoye were listed as defendants.
Onyebuchi prayed the court to make an order setting aside and declare as void and unconstitutional the Notice containing the Allegations upon which he was purportedly investigated as well as an "order setting aside all the steps taken by the Defendants in relation to the issuance of Notice of allegation of misconduct, passage of motion to investigate same and the purported directive to the Honourable Chief Judge of Enugu State, the said steps having breached the provisions of Section 188 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria."
He also sought an order of the court re-instating him as the Deputy Governor of Enugu State, adding that, "in the event of his tenure of office expiring before the determination of this case an order that the plaintiff is entitled to receive all his entitlements and benefits including his pension as deputy governor of Enugu State, having lawfully served out his tenure."
Besides, Onyebuchi asked the court to set aside "the nomination of and approval by Enugu State House of Assembly of the 25th Defendant (Pastor Ifeanyi Nwoye) as the Deputy Governor of Enugu State".
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