Proceedings on #9.5million suit filed against Guyuk Local Government Council and its Chairman Barrister Kassa Dangi Shallum, before Justice Abdul-Azeez, High was nearly halted on Tuesday, following alleged rejection of Court Service by the Chairman.
At the commencement of proceedings where the case was to be mentioned and the Chairman and ex-Magistrate expected to be docked, the Registrar of the Court informed the trial judge that effort to serve the Chairman by the registry was not successful.
The Registrar told the Honourable Judge that the bailiff who was sent to deliver the service on the Chairman, returned disappointed as he had said all entreaties to make the former Magistrate to sign the service was futile, adding that he vehemently rejected it.
NEWS PLATFORM gathered that the Chairman of the LGC personally refused and dared any other official who collect the service from the bailiff of the court.
But the Judge after the deposition of an affidavit to that effect by the bailiff, adjourned the matter to 13th October, 2020, for hearing, and ordered that the defendant be served with hearing notice unfailingly.
It could be recalled that An Adamawa State based Construction Company, Cabinet Nigeria Limited has dragged Guyuk Local Government Council to Yola High Court over #9.5million debt.
The Construction Company and its owner, Jibir Grema has dragged the LGC to Yola High Court presided over by Honourable Justice Abdul-Azeez Waziri, over allegation of breach of contract agreement.
The plaintiffs told the Court that their company was awarded a contract by the defendant per contract number GGGLG/WKS/08-2001, and that the company agreed and carried on with the work assessed to have achieved 75 percent completion.
According to the plaintiffs, with the remaining materials for the total completion of the work released to the defendant by the plaintiffs as well as the supply of 1,600 pieces of 6 inches PVC pipes puts the total contract sum at #9.527 million.
The plaintiffs asked the Honourable Court to declare that the failure, refusal and or omission by the defendant to pay the contract sum to them amount to a breach of contract agreement.
Aside the #9million debt, the paintiffs prayed the Court to order that the sum of #1million be paid as special damages for the money expended as counsel fee for the prosecution of the matter as well as #5million for general damages for the breach of contract.
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