Lawal told the court that he filed the suit marked NICN/ABJ/273/2022 against ASUU on behalf of himself and NANS.
By Jeffrey Agbo
The National Industrial Court in Abuja on Tuesday quashed a suit filed by a factional president of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Umar Lawal, seeking the court’s order to mandate the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to end its seven-month-long strike.
The court’s action followed the decision of Lawal to withdraw the suit. Lawal told the court that he filed the suit marked NICN/ABJ/273/2022 against ASUU on behalf of himself and NANS.
Lawal told the court presided over by Justice Polycarp Hamman that he had fled a motion of discontinuance on the account of the challenge by the student body which contested his standing and denied that he is the President of NANS as he had deposed to.
Justice Hamman, therefore, terminated further proceedings in the matter.
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Joined in the suit with ASUU as first Respondent were the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, and the Attorney-General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, who were listed as second and third Respondents, respectively.
Counsel for ASUU, Marshal Abubakar, informed the court that he was not opposing the application to withdraw the suit.
The court had in a judgement last week by Justice Polycarp Hamman, ordered the striking varsity lecturers to return to the classroom, pending the determination of a suit the Federal Government filed to query the legality of their strike action.
The interim injunction directing ASUU members to resume work, followed an application the Federal Government filed through its lawyer, James Igwe.
