THE House of Representatives chamber was thrown into confusion on Wednesday as some Kastina lawmakers engaged themselves in free for all over November 1 Appeal court ruling which faulted the retrieval of Certificates of Return of 10 lawmakers from the state and issuance of new ones to another set of lawmakers from the state who were presently occupying lawmaking position in the National Assembly.

Nigerian Tribune recalled that the Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja had on Friday fired two Senators and eight House members from Katsina state, who got their seats after those occupying the positions were sacked by the Independent National Electoral Commission in December 2011.

The court had ordered that those sacked by INEC be reinstated and they are Senators Abdu Umar Yandoma and Ahmad Sani Stores; those from the House are: Murtala Isa, Muntari Dandutse, Musa Salisu, Aminu Ashiru and Umar Adamu Katsayal, Muhammad Tukur, Tasi’u Doguro, and Abdu Dankama.

Those who are presently occupying the seats ordered by the court to be vacated are: Senators Abubakar Yar’adua and Hadi Sirika, those from the House are: Ahmed Babba Kaita, Salisu Salisco, Umar Abubakar, Salisu Daura, Isa Doro, Sani Mashi, Abbas Machika and Mansur Funtua.

Trouble started on Wednesday when one of those reportedly ordered by the court to be reinstated stormed the House and demanded that he should sworn in but was stopped by the present occupants in the House.

Some of the reported sacked lawmakers had noticed one of the eight “new” lawmakers who found his way into the chamber and was waiting for the leadership of the House to swear his group in. However, fight broke out when the current occupier of the seat engaged him in a free-for-all.

In the process of the fist cuff the court-reinstated lawmaker had his clothes torn.

It, however, took the intervention of the Minority leader, Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila, Honourable Suleiman Abdulrahman Kawu Sumaila and Deputy Minority Whip, Honourable Garba Datti before normalcy was restored.

To this end, they begged the court-reinstated lawmaker to step out of the chamber and allow the leadership of the House resolve the issue and subsequently took the ex-lawmaker along with some of his colleagues to a room for a meeting.

However, midway into the meeting, the aggrieved court reinstated lawmakers walked out of the meeting.

Speaking with newsmen after they staged a walk out, the court reinstated lawmakers accused the National Assembly leadership of politicizing their matter.

One of them, Mukhtari Dan-Dutse told newsmen that, “What is happening in this House is very unfortunate, the issue of Katsina 10 is very clear...The law has no barrier. After winning in the Federal High Court and Court of Appeal which faulted National Assembly and INEC for withdrawing our certificates, the appeal court has affirmed that judgment.

The court said very clearly that we should repossessed our seats, without any hindrance. INEC has no power to issue certificate of return without contesting an election”.

Another court reinstated lawmaker, Tasi’u Doguro on his part claimed that, “This is the 13th time we are winning court cases against our opponents. We made sure that National Assembly and INEC were served copies of the judgement by Monday (November 4), stressing that, “there is a lot of political blackmail. Actually, what is happening now in National Assembly, this issue of favouratism is very dangerous. We don’t belong to (Aminu) Masari camp. Masari was a Speaker here. So they are doing him a favour. But that is very unfortunate”.

The Minority Leader, Honourable Gbajabiamila however said that the House would do justice to the matter, saying, “The House will follow procedures, tradition and the law”.

SOURCE: www.tribune.com.ng/news2013/index.php/en/news/item/25740-katsina-apc-reps-exchange-blows-over-court-judgment.html

Shit happens in naija

Touts.

APC bunch of drunks. They don't obey the law but they want our votes. Thunder fire the devil

PDP has don it again cos given judgement to ppl that buhari and masari has refuse ticket to contest election,now with this new 10 they now have an added number in the house since APC was after there governor the are after their lawmakers who are not hpy with the party leadership of the apc

hmmm? Blow ke?

dem go don comot pesin teeth be dat o.

Everybody chill.
That was only a "progressive" fight!

Lol..

legislative rumble

We've lost hope in GEJ;
APC is in shamble;
Ngige is betraying;
Rotimi is struggling;
Fashola is trying;
Buhari is not to be trusted;
Namadi is qiuet;
Mark is trying;
sport is growing;
Tinubu is accumulating;
Rochas is confused;
ASUU is striking;
Patience is forming;
Boko's are bombing;
Homosexuals are thought gays only
Gays are jailed;
Lesbians are forgotten;
US senator is degrading;
This leaves a single question in our hearts;


If Nigeria is the answer, what's the question?

It is unlawful to be lawful in a lawless enviroment. - Gani Fawemi

Welcome to Nigeria, the land of lawlessness.

When will these lawmakers learn to obey the law?

..or i forgot, lawfulness does not exist in there dictionary.

WHAT A COUNTRY!!

How many APC members are in both chambers now?

APC is as confused as PDP. The land needs cleansing.

Double post

chidindufrank: APC bunch of drunks. They don't obey the law but they want our votes. Thunder fire the devil

but u'll gladly vote for the likes of bipi, chidi Lloyd and wike. Bloody hypocrite!!!

noblezone: Everybody chill.
That was only a "progressive" fight!

If only they end up killing each other in all these their fight sessions, e for make sense die.

Shameless, useless and thieving bunch of hooligans.

Mscheew.

chidindufrank: APC bunch of drunks. They don't obey the law but they want our votes. Thunder fire the devil

Is PDP any better?

Mek dem kill themslvs cos i dnt gv a damn abt any of them, they ar ol thievs.

agbero peoples congress i am not surprised all all.

i realy dont understand and it seems even the media is not helping matters.
i have some quetions . these law makers that have court victory which party do they belong to and the existing law makers which political party do they also belong to?
some one should help me out on this

I thought it is only PDP that is the bad party that is prone to violence.
Is APC showing its true colurs i.e. it is not better than PDP?
What a bunch of HYPOCRITES!

chidindufrank: APC bunch of drunks. They don't obey the law but they want our votes. Thunder fire the devil

Look at this pathetic imbec.ile,so it is pdp that obey law,and if there is rascalism in politics in nigeria political parties,it can only be found in pdp.

"Abuja drama; politicians fighting over dollar, Ejonla" in 9ice's voice...

booked

the thread title gt me laffing *exchange blows*

APC and fighting, still a better love story than twighlight.

Anambra is covered in blood of Jesus, this desperate men and women will never see us.

I'm not surprised

noblezone: Everybody chill.
That was only a "progressive" fight!

Odikwa egwu

Nigerians in Nigeria may have more organic brains than Nigerians overseas.

Let d progressive blows progress.