The court of Appeal has, Wednesday, struck out Jimoh Ibrahim’s motion to be joined as a party in the suit between Eyitayo Jegede, SAN,  vs Biyi Poroye after his lawyer Adegoke Badejo SAN withdrew from the case on the basis of integrity.

The court equally said it is now set to give judgement to the case at a date to be communicated to counsels to the parties.

The three-man panel headed by Justice Ibrahim Salauwa declared this after counsels had adopted their briefs of arguments.

However, Badejo who said he was withdrawing from the case on the basis of his conscience and integrity, also tried to seek an adjournment for the case after his action was opposed by counsel to Eyitayo Jegede SAN,  Wole Olanipekun, SAN.

Meanwhile, another drama of alleged contempt played out again at the court today after counsel to the respondent, Beluolisa Nwofor SAN engaged members of the panel in altercation for several minutes.

Nwofor’s altercation with the Justices was premised on the direction of proceedings after he tried to oppose a motion by a colleague, Jadegoke Badejo SAN representing Jimoh Ibrahim seeking to be joined as party to the suit.

But Justice Saulawa replied him saying, “You can do whatever you like outside the court but there must be perfect decorum here.” He added that “If we are brought here by God to do this work because we didn’t lobby for it, we will do HIS bidding.”

Nwafor’s action is coming a week after Godswill Mrakpor, counsel to the Ali Modu Sheriff faction of the PDP missed, by whiskers, being committed and convicted for contempt by the court after an enraged argument with the justices while trying to make his position known on a motion.

Also, a group of students who alleged to have come from tertiary institutions across the country and who were protesting in the interest of Jimoh Ibrahim were sent out of the court premises by security agents for “constituting nuisance at the court premises.”

They carried placards with various inscriptions in support of Ibrahim before they were chased by a combined team of security men attached to the Appeal Court.

The case was adjourned till 12 noon, Thursday the November 17, 2016.