From Jude Dangwam, Jos

The Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos has reinstated the purportedly impeached Executive Chairman of Qua’an Pan Local Government Area of the state Hon. Isaac Kwallu back to office.

Justice Nafisat Musa after digesting the matter for over six hours ruled that Hon.

She said the judgment is in the interest of justice, fairness and in promotion of democracy in Nigeria.

“It is highly unfortunate that the conduct of the proceedings of the panel was within a week.

“There is no how that the panel should have afforded the plaintiff the right to respond to these allegations against him.

“On the whole, having resolved all the four issues in favour of the plaintiff, I hereby grant this judgment in the overall interest of justice, and the promotion of democracy in the country, this is the ruling of the court in this case,” she stated.

Following an application by Counsel to the plaintiff for the release of the official vehicles to the Chairman, Justice Musa directed the immediate release of three official vehicles, ‘one Toyota Hilux, one Ford Hilux and one Prado Jeep” which were in custody of the court to Hon. Isaac Kwallu.

She said the matter was keenly looked into and that the impeachment can be described as a stage managed drama; “that is why I painstakingly looked into this issue carefully and I don’t want to overlook anything so that nobody will say he was cheated.”

Counsel to the plaintiff, Sunday Ekara speaking with newsmen after the judgment said the outcome of the case is born out of the relief brought before the Court which has reinstated the plaintiff back to office as a democratically elected Chairman of Qua’an Pan LGA and the implementation takes immediate effect.

He said the relief item number ‘L’ on their prayers brought before the court was asking the Court for “An order reinstating the plaintiff as a democratically elected Executive Chairman of Qua’an Pan Local Government Council and restoring all his accruing benefits and privileges forthwith.

The reinstated local government council Chairman, Hon. Isaac Kwallu while responding to questions from newsmen said; “To the glory of God the Father Son, and Holy Spirit; my joy knows no bound. I want to thank the good people of Qua’an Pan who gave me their mandate freely and that was why we had to defend the mandate which was freely given to us.”

He thanked his supporters who have kept faith with him in the struggle as well as citizens of Plateau State, and called on especially the good people of Qua’an Pan LGA to put everything that happened behind them. “We are all politicians, we will meet again, and whatever it is I have forgiven everybody.”

Recall that the Executive Chairman was suspended for three months by the Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly and was purportedly impeached by some local government Legislative members amidst an investigative panel which the Court said has not granted the plaintiff a fair hearing.