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It is inhuman for anybody who is enjoying today’s democracy to be reading shaming innuendoes to Buhari’s redemption of Abiola’s memory. Whether the reverse injustice against Abiola is done in desperation, illegal, unconstitutional, belated or is a suave way to woo the Yoruba, President Buhari has been able to price open the past in order to heal the present and look forward to a better future
It was gathered that Sulu-Gambari did the handing over to the new DPO at the Police designated office at the lobby of the National Assembly.
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has appeared before National Assembly panel investigating the invasion of the Senate wing and mace theft by…
Omo-Agege was suspended by the Senate for 90 legislative days.
The chairman of the Panel, Senator Ibn’Bala Na’Allah, made this announcement at the ongoing investigation over the invasion of the Senate’s wing by the hoodlums
It added that it would do nothing to stop the senator from resuming his duties at the National Assembly.
The Senate on April 2, suspended Senator Ovie Omo-Agege over a “dissenting comment’’ on decision of the Upper Chamber on adoption of conference report on INEC Commission Act (2010) Amendment Bill.
A statement late on Monday by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Sabi Aliyu Abdullahi, confirmed this development
The Senate and its President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, who is the second defendant in the case, also filed for a stay of execution of the nullification of the suspension
Omo-Agege, who represents Delta Central Senatorial District, filed the suit to challenge his suspension from the Senate
Gloria Shoda, President of NCWS in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, said the action was a threat to democracy and the unity of Nigeria.
The party stated this on Thursday in a statement issued to the press stating the resolutions of the party’s emergency National executive Committee and the party disclosed that its doors remains open to every Nigerian, groups and “like minded political parties”, since the party believes that a coalition of forces is necessary to foster a cohesive unit that will save the country from the misrule of the APC led administration.
The Chief Judge of the High Court, Justice Isahq Bello, gave the order on Thursday following an ex-parte motion Omo-Agege filed through his lawyers
Some hoodlums had on Wednesday broken into the Senate chamber while plenary was on, attacked some persons and made away with the mace
The drama, which started with a protest by a group under the aegis of Angry Nigerians, eventually led to the removal of the mace from the Red Chamber while plenary, presided over by the Deputy President of the Senate, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, was on
This was contained in a statement by Omo-Agege’s office late on Wednesday
Omo-Agege was arrested on Wednesday afternoon after he allegedly led hoodlums to the Senate, where the mace was snatched
The senator was arrested in the Senate Wing of the National Assembly at 1:57pm
The Deputy Senate President, Dr. Ike Ekweremadu, who presided over a joint sitting of the members of the House of Representatives and the Senate, vowed to stand by democracy and defend it