The Federal High Court in Abuja has been asked to among others, restrain the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF), the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Department of State Services (DSS) from supporting any effort to sack Senate President Bukola Saraki through means other than that provided for under Section 50(2)(c ) of the Constitution.

The request from part of the reliefs in a suit filed on Monday by Senators Rafiu Adebayo (PDP, Kwara South) and Isa Misau (PDP, Bauchi Central) through a team of lawyers, including former Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) Kanu Agabi (SAN) and Mahmud Magaji (SAN).

The plaintiffs stated that, going by recent occurrences and utterances by some leaders of a faction of All Progressives Congress (APC), from which they had defected, they were convinced of plots to force Saraki off the Senate President’s seat by means other than that provided in Section 50(2)(c ) of the Constitution.

Section 50(2) provides: “The President or Deputy President of the Senate or the Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives shall vacate his office…. (c) if he is removed from office by a resolution of the Senate or of the House of Representatives, as the case may be, by the votes of not less than two-thirds majority of the members of that House.”



Listed as defendants in the suit are: The Senate, the Senate President, Deputy Senate President, Senator Ahmed Lawal (Senate Leader), Senator Bala Ibn Nallah (Deputy Senate Leader), Senator Emma Buacha (Deputy Minority Leader), Clerk of the Senate, Deputy Clerk of the Senate, Attorney General of the Federation, Inspector General of Police and Department of State Services (DSS).

Misau stated, in a supporting affidavit, that there was evidence of threat of constitutional breach which require the court to intervene by restraining the defendants from resorting to unconstitutional means to actualise their alleged threat and plot to unseat the Senate President following his defection to the PDP.

The plaintiffs are praying the court for, among others, an order restraining the 9th, 10th and 11th defendants, either by themselves, agents, servants, privies by whatsoever name so called from enforcing any act of the 1st, 3rd to 8th defendants purporting to have removed the 2nd defendant from office without such act being in compliance with the provisions of Sections 50(2) of the Constitution of the Fedora! Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended).

* A declaration that the President of the Senate cannot be said to have vacated his office by virtue of Section 50(2)(c) of the Constitution when he has not been removed from office by the votes of not less than two-third majority of the members of the Senate.

No date has been set for the hearing of the suit.

Lalasticlala, Mynd44

Ndonu101:
All parties must now stay action until this suit is determined.

If anyone wants to go to prison for contempt of court because Oshiomole said so then good luck

Kul3ger:
They are jittering ...Saraki, no need to fear, you cannot have your cake and eat it... Your impeachment is imminent.

Kul3ger:
They are jittering ...Saraki, no need to fear, you cannot have your cake and eat it... Your impeachment is imminent.

sarrki:
Saraki why can’t you get this into your Skul

Your party is not the majority

Why is all this die in power
10,000 obj and ibb can’t save you from impeachment

thatigboman:
u have 73 senators to do that?

Kul3ger:

How many senators elected him President of the Senate?

sarrki:
Saraki why can’t you get this into your Skul

Your party is not the majority

Why is all this die in power
10,000 obj and ibb can’t save you from impeachment

thatigboman:
electing senate president is by simple majority. Removal is by 2/3rd. U erratic APC guys dont know anything. Buy Nigeria constitution. It costs 1,000 Naira

BERNIMOORE:
Saraki is only a wise man and knows that oshio is losing sleep so as to use illegal means, but it wont wek Omo baba Oloye Niyen Mr Too Wise Carry Go 'o Sha Pron pron'..

BERNIMOORE:
Saraki is only a wise man and knows that oshio is losing sleep so as to use illegal means, but it wont wek Omo baba Oloye Niyen Mr Too Wise Carry Go 'o Sha Pron pron'..

bluecircle470:


Saraki cannot sleep again...everyday meeting....the bible said...no sleep for the wicked

thatigboman:
electing senate president is by simple majority. Removal is by 2/3rd. U erratic APC guys dont know anything. Buy Nigeria constitution. It costs 1,000 Naira

capatainrambo:
stop speaking to undemocratic zombies.




they ain't worth shittx.

sarrki:
Saraki why can’t you get this into your Skul

Your party is not the majority

Why is all this die in power
10,000 obj and ibb can’t save you from impeachment

bluecircle470:


Saraki cannot sleep again...everyday meeting....the bible said...no sleep for the wicked

thatigboman:
kwara yoruba muslim. Shut d hell up. Yoruba BMC muslim. Does your minority APC have 73 senators?

sarrki:


Keep quiet

Stay kor stand ni

Nothing like court order here

It’s purely a legislative issue that will be handled legislatively

Kul3ger:


In a state, 6 out of about 18(can't really recall the exact figures) house of assembly members impeached the speaker... No worry, when the deed is done, I go call you make you come quote that constitution for me ..

BERNIMOORE:
its Funny That This APC guyz Sucks too dirty, they cant bear half of the Humiliation Gej endured, Tambuwal was the speaker as a minority he decanps more than 30 reps before he joins APC, They were all jumping up then that its constitutional but Now They wear long faces habaaa easy now

thatigboman:
kwara yoruba muslim. Shut d hell up. Yoruba BMC muslim. Does your minority APC have 73 senators?

telkevog:


What do you mean? Where then is the principle of checks and balance among the three arms of government? Having ran to the Judiciary for redress, do you think the Judiciary will allow an unlawful removal of the senate president? Granted he can be impeached, but ONLY through the constitutional provision for doing so. You can't think of using Police, DSS EFCC to forcefully remove a senate president in a true democracy. So be properly guided!

Nig4Greatness:
....

Oga,that your 73 is not sacrosanct..what of if only 73 attended the plenary??..where will the constitution you are quoting out of ignorance applies here ??.

sarrki:
Saraki why can’t you get this into your Skul

Your party is not the majority

Why is all this die in power
10,000 obj and ibb can’t save you from impeachment

sarrki:


Keep quiet

Stay kor stand ni

Nothing like court order here

It’s purely a legislative issue that will be handled legislatively

Saraki must be impeached fraudulently since he was elected senate president by fraud. Either he drops the crown or it will taken off his head by force.