Justice Ayua adjourned the case till Janufor hearing of the motion. However, the presiding Judge, Justice Phoebe Ayua after hearing the arguments by the both lawyers, granted the application of the Founding Royal Houses of Bonny Kingdom to serve all parties through substituted means. Sunday also stressed that he was not opposing the motion as sought by the claimants lawyer but that his expertee motion be heard first. Reacting on thhe application, counsel for NLNG in the matter, Elechi Sunday, challenged the jurisdiction of the court to entertain the suit and urged the court to hear their expartee motion first before hearing the applicants motion. In the motion before Justice Phoebe Ayua, the community stated that the defendants have allegedly refused to pay the said accrude proceeds for the community people.Īt the mention of the case in court on Tuesday, counsel for the Bonny community, Ikpe Imeh, said he filed an application seeking the leave of the court to serve all parties in the matter through substituted means.
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