Chairman, Senate Committee on
Navy, Senator Isah Hamma Misau, has stated that his colleague from Delta
Central, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege has been abusing the judicial process and the
generosity of the leadership of the Senate with some of his actions which seek
to bring down the institution to which he belongs.
Senator Misau, in a statement he
personally signed and made available on Tuesday, was reacting to
the court injunction which Omo-Agege obtained yesterday from a High Court in
Bwari-Abuja, restraining the leadership of the Senate and House of
Representatives from considering the report of an adhoc committtee set up by
both chambers to investigate the invasion of the Senate Chamber by some
hoodlums who carted away the mace.
The mace is the symbol of
authority of the parliament.
Misau noted that Omo-Agege’s suit
is frivolous.
The statement added, “The court
cannot stop the legislature from the performance of its constitutional duties.
Some hoodlums attacked the Senate chamber on live television during plenary and
inflicted injury on workers on April 18, 2018.
“The leadership set up an adhoc
committee to investigate what happened and recommend measures to prevent a
recurrence and months after the committte had submitted its report, a Senator
rushed to court when he heard that there was a push for the report to be
considered before the life of the present Senate expires.
“He wants to prevent the report
of the committee from being considered. In fact, his action has shown the
reason why the Senate should actually go ahead and consider the report and act
on it, no matter the odds.
“Omo-Agege has dared the Senate.
Now, he should face the music. I blame the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar
Bukola Saraki for delaying on the consideration of the report.
“The Eighth Senate is winding
down and the general view of members is that before we leave, all outstanding
reports should be considered and acted upon.
“If Omo-Agege does not have any hidden
agenda, why is he seeking to stop the consideration of the report, after all,
he was given fair hearing to state his own case before the panel?
“He is probably running
helter-skelter now because he wants to become Deputy Senate President and he
knows that if we adopt the recommendation of the committee, the outcome will
affect his ambition. This is the reason why people should always consider the future
implications of their actions”, he stated.
He, however implored the Senate
leadership to move swiftly to vacate the injunction granted to Omo-Agege by the
Bwari court and ensure nothing stops the Senate from getting to the roots of
that invasion by hoodlums.
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