Answers to the reasons for the early date for the hearing of the Injunction application filed by the learned Nelson-Rockson Dafeamekpor against the vetting and approval of Ministers of the President were provided by the Learned Attorney-General (A.G) in a radio interview today, the 27th day of March, 2024.

The concerns come on the back of the desire by some members of the public to have an early hearing of the Richard Dela Sky v Attorney-General case as same was filed earlier in time as compared to the to the filing of the suit in Dafeamekpor v AG but the latter has attracted an earlier hearing date.

According to the A.G, he wrote a letter to the Chief Justice requesting for the early hearing of the injunction application as the application had placed a freeze on the vetting and approval of nominees of the President and thus stifled the ability of such nominees to conduct duly the duties of the offices they have been nominated to.

Per the Attorney-General, his letter to the Chief Justice is a routine practice at the bar which he availed himself to even before he became Attorney-General and during his days as an opposition political party member. The Attorney-General in the interview sought to distinguish this practice from the practice of applying for the abridgment of time for the hearing of an application.

https://www.tiktok.com/@thelawplatform/video/7340675476576374022?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7239416459838375429

According to the Attorney-General, the injunction on the powers of Parliament to vet and approve nominees of the President were of immense priority among constitutional cases and accompanying injunction applications before the court. The A.G therefore called on the Public and lawyers to see the difference in an application for abridgment of time and a formal letter to the Chief Justice requesting an early date for the hearing of a matter whose hearing date is yet to be determined.

Injunction dismissed

The Apex Court in a unanimous decision today, 27th March, 2024 dismissed an application for injunction filed by the Honourable Member for South Dayi against the vetting and nomination of nominees of the President. The Court has signaled a normal course of the substantive matter given the dismissal of the injunction application. Mr Dafeamekpor and his lawyers failed to attend upon the court to move their own motion which the Speaker of Parliament has offered as a basis for the house to discontinue vetting and approval of nominees of the President.