The Federal Government has asked
the Federal High Court in Abuja to dismiss a suit seeking an order stopping the
Senate from being reconvened without the authorisation of Senate President,
Bukola Saraki.
The suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/843/18
was instituted by Saraki’s loyalists, Senators Rabiu Adebayo (Kwara South) and
Isa Misau (Bauchi Central).
The duo, Saraki and some other
Senators recently dumped the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
In his notice of preliminary
objection, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Abubakar Malami (SAN), argued that the plaintiffs lacked the locus standi to
file the litigation.
He asked the court to hold that the
plaintiffs, though members of the Senate, were total strangers to the
circumstances that gave rise to the suit.
Malami insisted that “there were
nothing showing that the Senate President has complained to the plaintiffs that
his powers are being usurped by some agents of the state”.
He maintained that since every
declaration and order sought by the plaintiffs in the suit were directly for
the benefit of the Senate President, the plaintiffs lacked locus standi to
commence the suit and that the court lacks jurisdiction to hear and determine
the plaintiffs’ suit.
The AGF also faulted the legal
action which he argued was mischievously anchored on the grounds of Saraki’s
re-invitation by the police regarding the bank robbery that took place in Offa,
Kwara State.
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