An ex-parte appeal filed by the suspended Chairman of Ijebu East Local Government, Wale Adedayo, seeking the court to block further investigations and actions by councillors investigating him on charges of financial mismanagement was dismissed by an Ogun High Court sitting in Ijebu Ode.
The sitting judge, Justice Ayodele Omoniyi, denied the application in “its entirety” in his ruling on the ex-parte motion filed by Barrister O.T. Are, standing in for Adeyinka Kotoye SAN, on behalf of the suspended chairman, Wale Adedayo.
It would be recalled that councillors of the Ijebu East Legislative Council recently suspended the chairman in continuation of investigations on alleged financial malpractices and directed the vice chairman to take over pending the conclusion of its investigation.
Are, the counsel to the plaintiff, informed the court of the ex-parte motion dated September 6 praying for an interim order restraining the defendants, their agents, and privies from further proceeding on the letter of invitation to the claimant that asked him to appear before the Legislative Council on September 14 or in the alternative to order parties to maintain the status quo.
In its ruling, the court noted that the application by the plaintiff was not timely since he had received a notice on August 31 of the said resolution but waited till September 11 before filing his application.
“Delay defeats equity,” the judge said.
The claimant was ordered to put the defendants on notice and come back for the hearing of the originating summons on September 22, 2023.