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Senate to appeal dismissal of Ndume’s suspension

written by Samuel Etuk November 13, 2017
Senate to appeal dismissal of Ndume’s suspension

The Senate has said it would appeal the Federal High Court judgment which dismissed the suspension of Borno Senator, Ali Ndume.

It could be recalled that Ndume was suspended from the upper chamber for calling for an investigation into the certificate scandal of Senator Dino Melaye and also asked the Senate to probe the alleged importation of SUVs by the Senate President Bukola Saraki.

However, a Federal High Court the suspension as illegal and ordered his reinstatement and payment of his salaries and allowances within that period.
In a statement on Sunday, the Senate through its lawyer, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN), said it would also apply for stay of execution at the Court of Appeal.

It read, “The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria will on Monday, November 13, 2017, file an appeal against the judgment of the Federal High Court, delivered today, 10th of November, 2017 (sic).

“It is important to state clearly that the Senate respectfully disagrees with the said judgment.

“For the records, the Senate had challenged the jurisdiction of the Federal High Court to entertain the matter on several grounds, portions of which are outlined hereunder for the purpose of emphasis, as follows:

“That the Plaintiff wrongly joined several causes of action in his Originating Summons; that an action for the enforcement of fundamental rights to fair hearing can only be brought against a court or a tribunal established by law as held by the Supreme Court in several current cases, and not against committee of a legislative body.

“That by the provisions of Sections 3 and 30 of the Legislative Houses (Powers and Privileges) Act, the trial court lacked requisite jurisdiction to hear the suit of the plaintiff.

“The Senate’s argument was supported by various and current decisions of the apex court. The Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria which has the strong conviction that the decision of the trial court will be overturned by the Court of Appeal, has accordingly instructed the law firm of Mike Ozekhome’s Chambers to file an appeal against the judgment immediately.

“The notice of appeal is ready and would be filed unfailingly by Monday morning. An application for a stay of execution of the orders of the court will also be filed same time.”

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