Contrary to the avowed intention
to resume legislative session on Tuesday, senator Ovie Omo-Agege representing
Delta central did not appear in plenary today.
The embattled lawmaker has
premised his resumption on the high court judgement that vacated the suspension
slammed on him by the hallowed chamber.
Omo-Agege was suspended over his
comment allegedly tarnishing the image of the senate.
He, however, approached the court
to challenge senate’s decision to suspend him.
When the court delivered
judgement in his favour, he made declarations that he was going to be in
plenary to continue to represent his constituents.
The Senate leadership has,however,
reconsidered its position and decided late Monday night to comply with the
judgement of the Federal High Court and do nothing to stop Senator Ovie
Omo-Agege from his scheduled resumption.
The Senate stated, “As an
institution that obeys the law and court orders, the Senate has decided that it
will comply with the judgement of the Federal High Court and do nothing to stop
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from resuming in his office and at plenary from tomorrow
May 15, 2018, pending the determination of the application for stay of
execution”.
“The Senate leadership has been
briefed by our lawyers on last Thursday’s judgement of the Federal High Court,
Abuja, on whether the Senate has the legal authority to suspend a member for
certain misconduct or not.
“We have equally filed an appeal
against the judgement of the court and a motion for stay of execution of the
judgement at the Court of Appeal.
“The Senate has been advised that
since the motion for stay of execution of the Thursday (May 10, 2018) judgement
shall be heard and possibly determined on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, we shall
therefore respect the subsisting High Court judgement and await the appellate
court’s decision on the pending motion”.
However, Omo-Agege’s inability to
resume as promised may not be unconnected with the pending determination of the
application by the upper chamber for stay of execution of the judgement
delivered in favour of the lawmaker.
Also, the forthcoming findings of
the expanded senate and House of representatives investigation committee set up
to unravel the circumstances that led to the invasion of the National Assembly
and the snatching of the senate mace may not be favourable to Omo-Agege.
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