Lawyer to immediate past governor
of Lagos State, Akinwunmi Ambode, on Wednesday appeared during the sitting of
the joint committee of the state House of Assembly probing expenditures of the
past governor but was not allowed into the committee room.
The joint committee has, however,
adjourned its probe indefinitely in deference to a state high court ruling
Wednesday morning that status-quo should be maintained.
The lawyer, Mr. Olaniran Obele
from the chambers of Mr. Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), Counsel to former governor
Akinwunmi Ambode, protested that they were not allowed into the committee
meeting.
Speaking with the press at the
Assembly Complex, Obele said, “We came to represent Ambode but the officials of
the House of Assembly in a military manner prevented us from entering the
committee room.
“We brought processes from the
court and letters to serve on the committee chairman and the Speaker but they
refused to accept validly issued court document, letter containing what the
court has said to them but we were not allowed to go in.
“The former governor respects the
House, he has sent his lawyer to inform the committee set up by the House that
this is what transpired in the court, it is out of courtesy that we have come.
“We were around, while the
preliminary of the proceeding was on, but we were not allowed in. We didn’t
come here to submit court proceedings alone, but we came to represent the
former governor. If they didn’t take any step, we don’t have problem with that,
but it would be very sad if they took any action.”
Recall that the court gave its
ruling Wednesday in response to the prayers of former governor Akinwunmi
Ambode, who sued the Assembly, which summoned him to appear before its
committee yesterday over the purchase of 820 buses without the approval of the
House.
The House had threatened to issue
a warrant of arrest on Ambode if he fails to appear on Wednesday after a public
invitation advertised in about ten newspapers.
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