The Abuja Federal High Court decided on 17 May to make a decision in a lawsuit aimed at removing 54 members of the National Assembly.

The Legal Defense and Assistant Project (LEDAP) has taken legal action against Senate President Bukola Saraki and Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara and 52 other legislators for dismissed from their different political parties There was division in his parties.

However, legislators, through their counsel, have asked the court to file the complaint against them. They insisted that LEDAP had no locus standi to take legal action against them, adding that the court did not have jurisdiction to rule.

In their preliminary objection to the trial, the legislators urged Judge Okon Abang to reject the application in its entirety, as it did not reveal any grounds for action.

They stated that the plaintiff’s case was unfounded in the law because it was not a political party, a voter or a member of the constituency who elected him.

In addition to being a non-governmental organization, lawmakers stated that the complainant did not reveal what he had suffered because of his desertion.

They added that, in all the processes presented, the complainant had never claimed or submitted any document proving that it was a political party or that he represented a political party or an elector and therefore did not not revealed what prompted him to take legal action.

The Senate Speaker’s lawyer, Mahmud Magaji, asked the court to find that the plaintiff was a mediocre idiot, a busy body and a stranger in the cases that led to the defection of the legislator.

For his part, the plaintiff’s lawyer, Mr. Jibrin Okutepa, asked the court to reject the legislator’s presentation. He added that the court has constitutional powers to invoke section 251 of the 1999 Constitution to refer legislators to the status of federal legislators.

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As in ehn

Our courts can delay for Africa; if thief Saraki n doomgara are sacked now it's late na

Hmmmm