There is a fresh battle line drawn between the erstwhile Governor of Lagos State, Akimwunmi Ambode and the State’s House of Assembly as the one-time governor heads to the State’s High Court to seek for an injunction stopping the lawmakers from probing him regarding the 820 mass transit buses procured by his administration while in office.

The State’s House of Assembly have accused the then governor of going outside the budget to acquire the 820 buses, hence a summons was sent that the he should appear before the House today to explain himself, adding that failure to comply with the order would get him arrested.

Expectedly, this act by the lawmakers is one which the ex-governor believes to be vindictive and a misrepresentation of figures and facts. He thereby, through this lawyer, Mr Tayo Oyetibo went before the State’s High Court seeking for an injunction to stop the summons from the lawmakers.

What the ex-governor wants is that the court should stop the lawmakers “from compelling the claimant, in any manner whatsoever, to appear before the defendants pursuant to the resolution passed by the defendants on August 27, 2019 or any other resolution passed in respect of the subject matter of this suit.”
He pointed to the fact that “the procurement of the 820 buses was captured in the 2018 Appropriation Law which was duly approved by the House.” He added that “Part of the items authorised under Capital Expenditure was: ‘LAGBUS Public Transport Infrastructure; part financing of 820 buses’ which was Item 8 under Schedule 1- Part C of the bill.”
The Presiding Judge, Justice Y. A. Akinsanya however ordered the ex-governor to put the lawmakers on notice.

The times are tough for the erstwhile governor who is currently being haunted by the EFCC, with his house raided and billions of Naira found in three different accounts linked to him. The summons by the lawmakers come at a difficult time for Akinwunmi Ambode and it remains to be seen if he would appear before the lawmakers later today.

Source: https://www.thenewsplot.com/2019/10/30/procurement-of-820-buses-ambode-lagos-state-house-of-assembly-faceoff-in-fresh-legal-battle/

hmmm

Sanwo Olu should handle Ambode's case with caution