Ovie Omo-Agege, senator
representing Delta central, has received the entitlements accrued to him during
his suspension by the upper legislative chamber.
The senator was suspended after
he instituted a suit against the senate in April. He filed the suit following
the moves to suspend him.
He was eventually suspended for
90 legislative days.
But in May, a federal high court
in Abuja nullified the suspension and ordered that he be paid his entitlements.
At the court on Thursday, Alex
Izinyon, council to Omo-Agege, said his client was paid on October 12 after
Nnamdi Dimgba, the judge handling the case, issued a warning to Senate
President Bukola Saraki.
The senator had initiated a
committal proceedings asking the court to send Saraki to prison as punishment
for flouting the verdict ordering the senate president to ensure that he is
paid his entitlements.
The hearing was scheduled for
last week Thursday but the senate president did not have legal representation
in court.
Thereafter, Dimgba gave the
senate president “another chance” and adjourned the matter till Thursday.
Izinyon told the court that
Omo-Agege was presented with nine cheques after the warning but there was a
shortfall of N6 million that the aides of the senate president have promised to
rectify.
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