The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday granted an application for substituted service of court processes on Ahmad Lawan, former Senate President in a suit challenging his emergence as the All Progressives Congress (APC) candidate for Yobe North Senatorial District.
Justice Salim Ibrahim granted the ex parte application after Hassan Kafayos, Francis Mgboh, counsel to the plaintiff, told the court that efforts by the court bailiff to personally serve Lawan had been unsuccessful.
Mgboh argued that the application became necessary because Lawan, who chairs the Senate Committee on Defence, had not been personally served with the court processes.
He asked the court to allow service through any adult working in the office of the committee chairman.
The court granted the application and adjourned the matter until July 20 for hearing.
