Omo-Agege defeats Senate in Court
NEWS DIGEST – An Abuja Division of the Federal High
Court has refused a stay-of-execution
order requested by the Senate, against a
previous ruling of the court on the suspension of Senator Omo-Agege, according to a report by PREMIUM TIMES.
Justice Nnamdi Dimgba had nullified the
suspension of Mr Agege after faulting the decision of Senate to slam a lengthy suspension on the senator.
The Senate indicated its willingness to appeal the
ruling, and applied for a stay-of-execution order.
The order was however denied on Wednesday, the
senator’s lawyer, Alex Iziyon, confirmed the decision,
telling PREMIUM TIMES “it is true”.
Giving details of the refusal of the court to grant the
request, Mr. Omo-Agege’s media aide, Efe Duku, said
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the judge ruled that the application sought by the
Senate bordered on the initial motion filed by Mr Omo-
Agege.
It said the court ruled that the said motion by Mr Omo-
Agege was actually refused, hence the motion against it
was considered not meritorious.
“Justice Nnamdi Dimgba refused the application on the
chief ground that, strictly speaking, there is no appeal
against his decision nullifying the suspension. That the
appeal before him is against the reliefs of the plaintiff
that is: Senator Omo-Agege which were not granted not
granted by the court. In the circumstance, he held that
the application lacked merit and struck same out,” said
Mr Duku.
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