Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Chairman, Professor Itse Sagay (SAN) has said the Senate can not summon him for expressing an opinion.
Sagay was reacting to a move by the Senate to summon him over comments he made on the lawmakers.
According to him, the Senate lacks the authority to summon a private citizen.
Sagay said the lawmakers were embarking on a “futile” exercise that could have “embarrassing consequences”.
According to Sagay, he does not fall within the category of government officials that the Senate can summon.
He said he only exercised his constitutionally guaranteed right to hold an opinion.
Sagay said a government official can be summoned during a amendment of a law that affects the official’s agency, or where the official is directly involved in spending monies appropriated by the National Assembly.
The eminent professor of law said any Senator who feels that his reputation was damaged by his comments could seek redress in court.
He said the Senate was not a court of law before whom he could be ordered to appear.

This old man should leave our future for us. I expect the youths in his neighbourhood to do the needful... He's becoming uncouth...Unegalitarian... Losing his integrity over the smell of power... Youths Arise!