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Court to hear N140bn suit against power generating companies March 11
The Federal High Court 2, Minna, on Monday adjourned a N140 billion ground rent suit filed against North-South Power Company Limited and the Mainstream Energy Solutions Limited, to March 11.
The suit was instituted by Niger State Internal Revenue Service in January.
The state government is asking the court to compel the companies to pay their outstanding ground rent of about N140 billion, which accumulated between 2017 and 2022.
In the writ of summons, the revenue service listed Shiroro Hydro Electric Plc, North South Power Company Ltd, and Kainji Hydro Electric Plc, Mainstream Energy Solutions as defendants.
Also listed as defendants were the Federal Ministry of Power and Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Limited.
The plaintiff’s counsel, Mohammed Ndayako, told the court that the third respondent, Shiroro Hydro-Electric PLC, was not in court despite being served the court processes.
He also said the first defendant, the Federal Ministry of Power, did not file any process including a memorandum of appearance even though its counsel was in court, adding that the counsel to the fourth respondent filed his responses out of time.
Similarly, Counsel to Mainstream Energy Solutions Ltd, Lemu Aliyu told the court that the third respondent Kainji Hydro-Electric PLC, was served with the processes as confirmed by the court’s registry.
The Judge, Justice Abdullahi Dan-Ige, adjourned the case to March 11, 2024 for further mention, to enable all parties in the matters to file and exchange court processes.
The absence of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC has put a clog into the ongoing Peoples Democratic Party PDP in Ibadan as chairman of the confab, Governor of Adamawa state ,Ahmadu Fintri extricate self.
The National Convention Chairman, Ahmadu Fintiri had declared that “with the absence of INEC, it is not within my prerogative to continue with this exercise, I leave the delegates to decide”
This major irregularity could nullify the whole exercise.
Details shortly…
By Kayode Sanni-Arewa
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The Guest Speaker at the event will be Armand Mpassy-Nzoumba, the Regional ECK Spiritual Aide (RESA) for Central Africa and Mauritius.
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Governors Ademola Adeleke (Osun); Agbu Kefas (Taraba) and Sim Fubara (Rivers) are yet to arrive the National Convention of the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) holding at Lekan Salami Stadium in Adamasingba, Lagos.
They are among high profile members of the party not participating in the convention, which was preceded with conflicting court orders amid the crisis affecting the party.
Source: Nation
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