The Ondo State House of Assembly and the speaker have officially withdrawn their appeal at the Court of Appeal Abuja.
The appeal was challenging the interim orders made by the Federal High Court, which restrained them and others from proceeding with the planned impeachment of the state’s Deputy Governor, Lucky Aiyedatiwa.
The appeal also questioned the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to hear the substantive suit filed by Aiyedatiwa to block his planned impeachment by the state’s Assembly.
A three-member panel of the appellate court, led by Justice Haruna Tsammani dismissed the appeal.
The decision came after the lawyer representing the House of Assembly and the speaker, Remi Olatubora (SAN), applied to withdraw the appeal.
Olatubora informed the court that the parties involved in the dispute had reached a political solution and had signed an armistice to resolve the matter.
He stressed that the withdrawal of the appeal was in accordance with the instructions received from his clients, who were committed to upholding the terms of the armistice.
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