A FCT High Court has restrained
Senate President Bukola Saraki from declaring the seat of former Minority
Leader of the Senate, Godswill Akpabio vacant.
Justice Othman Musa on Wednesday
also ordered Saraki not to impede Senator Akpabio’s access to the Senate
building or taking any action aimed at “overreaching his privileges and rights
as a Senator pending the determination of the originating Summons of the
applicant.”
Justice Musa ordered service of
the court papers on Saraki through the Clerk of the National Assembly, Clerk of
the Senate or any other Clerk or reasonable staff of the National Assembly at
the assembly complex.
These orders were made after an
ex parte application by Akpabio’s lawyers, Chikaosolu Ojukwu and Ebere Ahanonu
seeking to stop moves to declare his seat vacant following his defection from
the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to the ruling All Progressives
Congress (APC).
The suit has been adjourned to
August 29 for further hearing.
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