An Abuja Federal High Court has
warned against any unlawful move to impeach the Senate President, Bukola
Saraki.
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba held that
Saraki should not be illegally removed from office pending the determination of
a suit filed by some Senators.
Recalled that Senator Rafiu
Adebayo and Senator Isa Misau had instituted a case against the Attorney
General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, the
Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris and the Department of State
Services.
The lawmakers had dragged them
before the court in a bid to restrain them from aiding the forceful removal or
impeachment of Saraki.
When the matter was called,
plaintiffs’ counsel, Emeka Etiaba informed the court that he had a motion
exparte dated August 27, 2018, and filed same day.
The lawyer informed the court
that the exparte motion which seeks an order of interim injunction restraining
the defendants from “taking any untoward action or move to forcefully remove or
impeach the Senate President from office.”
After listening to Etiaba’s
submission, the trial judge, Dimgba held that “I believe the proper order to
make is an order of accelerated hearing of the suit so that the court can
consider and determine the merits of the substantive case expeditiously.
“Even though reliefs 1, 2, and 3,
are not granted, needless to say, parties have been enjoined to respect the
authority of the court and the integrity of the judicial process and should not
take steps that will render the matter nugatory.”
The court said illegal impeachment. That does not rule out impeachment, but that due process must be followed.
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