Obiora Egwuatu, a judge at the federal high court in Abuja,
has announced his recusal from the suit filed by Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan,
senator representing Kogi Central.
Egwuatu on Tuesday disclosed that his decision was because
of the allegation of bias against him by Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
The suit was filed by the Kogi senator to stop the senate
committee on ethics and public petitions from instituting disciplinary
proceedings against her.
On March 4, the judge had issued an order restraining the
senate from commencing disciplinary proceedings against Akpoti-Uduaghan
following an ex parte application filed by counsels to the senator.
CASE TO BE REASSIGNED
The judge announced his decision to recuse himself from the
case after taking the appearance of lawyers for the parties in the suit.
Egwuatu ordered that the case file be transferred to John
Tsoho, the chief judge of the federal high court, for reassignment.
The defendants in the application are the clerk of the
national assembly, the senate, senate president, and the chairman of the senate
committee on ethics.
The judge had ruled that the defendants should come and show
cause within 72 hours, upon the service of the order, why an interlocutory
injunction should not be issued against them.
Forty-eight hours after the judgment, the senate suspended
the Kogi senator for six months.
The decision followed the adoption of the report by the
committee.
The red chamber had approved that her office should be
locked, and she must hand over all senate properties in her possession to the
clerk of the national assembly for the duration of the suspension.
On March 19, Egwuatu vacated his March 4 order restraining
the senate from suspending the Kogi senator.
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