Nigeria, April 2 -- We gathered that in a ruling delivered on Thursday, Justice Peter Lifu refused to grant the interim injunction sought by the plaintiffs. Instead, he directed them to notify Kingibe, who represents the Federal Capital Territory in the Senate, to appear before the court and explain why the reliefs requested against her should not be approved.

The judge subsequently fixed May 20 for the hearing of all pending applications, including a preliminary objection filed by the senator's counsel, Marshall Abubakar.

The suit was instituted by two executive members of the ADC in Wuse Ward, Abuja, Mr Okezuo Kanayo, the ward chairman, and Mr Isaiah Sameul, the secretary, through their lawyer, Kolawole Olowookere, SAN.

In their ex-...