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Yes oooo!

same court will order his arrest at the end of the day....

He did what?
That guy sent lagos state to the pits of hell.
[quote author= post=83590645]We will be waiting patiently to see how this war go.

We stand with Ambode.

He did a good job in Lagos state to most extent for the 4 years he was the governor.
He may have his shortcoming, but his good works are still there for all to see.

God bless Lagos state.

God bless Nigeria[/quote]

Ambode fights back, drags Lagos Assembly to court over probe

Former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has dragged the Lagos State House of Assembly to court over its ongoing probe of the ex-governor for allegedly procuring 820 buses worth over N7 billion without budgetary approval.

Ambode is due to appear before the House Committee probing the allegation on Wednesday. The House had placed adverts in some newspapers inviting the former governor to appear before it as he was alleged to have previously failed to appear on two occasions when he was invited.

However, the former Governor had instituted a suit against the Assembly at the Lagos High Court in Ikeja to contest the constitutionality of the probe of the buses which were procured by his administration.

Based on the suit, the Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday ordered the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa to appear before it in connection with the ongoing probe of procurement of 820 buses by Ambode.

In an order dated 29th October, 2019 issued by Justice Y.A Adesanya after hearing a motion ex-parte moved by Ambode’s lawyer, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), ordered the Speaker to appear before the court at by 9am on Wednesday October 30.


Others to appear before the court are the Clark of the House, Mr A.A Sanni; Chairman of the Ad hoc Committee set up by the House to probe the procurement, Fatai Mojeed and members of the Committee. They are Gbolahan Yishawu, A.A Yusuff, Yinka Ogundimu, Mojisola Lasbat Meranda, M.L Makinde, Kehinde Joseph, T.A Adewale and O.S Afinni.

Justice Adesanya ordered the originating processes and all the accompanying processes filed by the claimant (Ambode) to be served on the defendants and subsequently fixed Wednesday, October 30, 2019 for hearing of motion for interlocutory injunction.

According to his statement of claim before the court, Ambode said contrary to deliberate misrepresentation of facts by the lawmakers, the procurement of the 820 buses was well captured in the 2018 Appropriation Law which was duly approved by the House.

“In section 1 of the Bill, the 1st Defendant (House of Assembly) authorized the total Budget for the year 2018 to be One Trillion, Forty Six Billion, One Hundred and Twenty One Million, One Hundred and Eighty-One Thousand, Six Hundred and Eighty Naira (N1,046,121,181,680.00) comprising the sum of Three Hundred and Forty Seven Billion, Thirty-Eighty Million, Nine Hundred and Thirty-Eight Thousand, Eight-Hundred and Seventy-Two Naira (N347,038,938,872.00) only and Six Hundred and Ninety-Nine Billion, Eighty-Two Million, Two Hundred and Forty-Two Thousand, Eight Hundred and Eighty Naira (N699,082,242,808.00) only as the Recurrent and Capital Expenditures respectively.

“Part of the items authorized by the Bill under Capital Expenditure was: “LAGBUS Public Transport Infrastructure (MEPB); Part financing of 820 buses” which was item 8 under schedule 1- Part C of the Bill,” he said.

He added that having prescribed the manner of withdrawal of funds in sections 3 and 4 of the 2018 Appropriation Law, it was unconstitutional for the House to attach another condition in section 9 of the law for further approval to be sought before incurring any expenditure on the purchase of the buses.

Highlighting the specific breach of his constitutional rights to fair hearing by the House, the former Governor said on August 27, 2019 during proceedings of the Assembly, some lawmakers thoroughly vilified and disparaged him as having purchased the buses without budgetary approval and that the procurement was a waste of public funds, while at the end of the proceedings, the House resolved to constitute an Ad Hoc Committee to probe the procurement.

He said it was surprising that the very lawmakers who contributed actively in vilifying, disparaging and denigrating him constituted the bulk of the members of the Committee, which was a clear derogation of his right to fair hearing.

Ambode added that in continuation of deliberate misrepresentation of facts of the issue, the House falsely claimed that an invitation had been extended to him to appear before the Committee but that he failed to honour the said invitation.

“On Thursday 10th October, 2019, the 4th and 5th Defendants (Mojeed and Yishawu) who are Chairman and member of the Committee respectively set up by the 1st Defendant pursuant to the provisions of section 129 of the Constitution again raised on the floor of the House an allegation that the Claimant (Ambode) was invited to appear before the Committee but that he failed to do so whereupon the 2nd Defendant (Speaker) ruled that a warrant of arrest would be issued against the Claimant if he refuses to appear before the Committee.

“The Claimant states that no letter of invitation was delivered to him before the 4th and 5th Defendants made the false allegation against the Claimant which was widely reported by various national Newspapers in the country.

“Further to the foregoing paragraphs, the 1st Defendant had also invited some of the former Commissioners who served under my government to appear before the 1st Defendant on Tuesday 15th October 2019. These included former Commissioners for Energy, Agriculture and Economic Planning and Budget respectively among others.

“After the proceedings of the Committee on 15th October 2019, the 1st Defendant represented to the public that the former Commissioners that appeared before it had indicted me in their testimonies. The information was widely published by National newspapers on Wednesday 16th October 2019.

“Contrary to the information made to the public by the 1st Defendant, the said former Commissioners for Energy and Economic Planning and Budget who were represented by the 1st Defendant to have indicted me, made public statements on Thursday 17th October 2019 denying that they ever indicted me in their testimonies before the Committee. The denials were widely published by online newspapers on Thursday 17th October 2019 and national newspapers on Friday 18th October 2019.

“The 1st Defendant falsely represented to the public that the said Commissioners indicted me in their testimonies before the Committee so as to justify my indictment by the 1st Defendant which indictment members of the 1st Defendant had hitherto threatened to carry out,” Ambode averred.

He added that the House Committee and indeed the entire members of the House had already adjudged him as having committed wastage of public fund by the procurement of the buses in question and had also already determined that the procurement was done by him as opposed to the State Government.

He said it was obvious that the lawmakers were totally biased against him having regard to their pronouncements on the floor of the House by reason of which he believes that his right to fair hearing as guaranteed by the Constitution had been seriously compromised by the defendants.

He is, therefore, seeking among others, the court’s declaration that the power of the House to pass a resolution under section 128(1) of the Constitution to cause an inquiry into his conduct as Governor is subject to right to fair hearing as guaranteed by section 36(1) of the Constitution.

He also wants a declaration that the Resolution of the House setting up a 9-Man Committee comprising of the 4th-12th Defendants to investigate all transactions in respect of the 820 Buses said by the defendants to have been procured by him derogates from his right as guaranteed by section 36(1) of the Constitution and therefore is unconstitutional, null and void.

Other claims are: “A DECLARATION that having regard to the provisions of sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the Appropriation Law of Lagos State 2018, sections 8 and 9 of the Law which required the approval of the House of Assembly of Lagos State before certain expenditure of money is incurred by the Executive Branch of the State is not in accord with any provision of the Constitution and accordingly is unconstitutional, null and void.

“A DECLARATION that it is not lawful for the Defendants to represent or continue to represent to the Public that the Claimant, AKINWUNMI AMBODE, procured 820 buses in breach of budgetary approval.

“A DECLARATION that the powers of the 1st Defendant under sections 103, 128 and 129 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 as amended does not include power to indict the Claimant as contemplated by sections 66(1)(h), 137(1)i and 182(1)i of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999, as amended.

“AN INJUNCTION restraining the Defendants whether by themselves, their servants, agents and or representatives from compelling the Claimant, in any manner whatsoever, to appear before the Defendants pursuant to the Resolution passed by the Defendants on 27th August 2019 or any other Resolution passed in respect of the subject matter of this Suit.

“AN INJUNCTION restraining the Defendants whether by themselves, their servants, agents and or representatives from representing or continue to represent to the Public that the Claimant, AKINWUNMI AMBODE, procured 820 buses in breach of budgetary approval.”

Source: https://www.pmnewsnigeria.com/2019/10/29/breaking-ambode-fights-back-drags-lagos-assembly-to-court-over-probe/

Ex-governor Ambode should continue to grow up and challenge the Tinubu cabals.

Governor Obaseki of Edo state will not take this sh. it from Oshiomole.

may sango,Ogun plus cripple dat useless Obasa and his useless house.Drive thru the thief Agege hood.The craters, potholes here/there nor be here.THIEVES

I regards Ambode as highly intelligent politician because the house of Assembly are just kidding, they have nothing to do him because of his level of intelligence

Ambode, you must vomit all our money, I swear!

Where was the house when Ambode perpetrated the alleged looting?




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sammyj:
This country has lost it. Hope this our greedy politicians will stop making mockery of our judiciary and democracy. Just imagine going to court over probe which you can just appear and prove yourself not guilty of the allegations!! Ambode got this wrong by spending on what was not budgeted for which is against our constitution !!

I thought if you read the content.....
If you do and still say this.... Then this country is gone.

[quote author= post=83590645]We will be waiting patiently to see how this war go.

We stand with Ambode.

He did a good job in Lagos state to most extent for the 4 years he was the governor.
He may have his shortcoming, but his good works are still there for all to see.

God bless Lagos state.

God bless Nigeria[/quote]Ambode actually did a great job within 4years. The Lagos State National Assembly are just to corrupt, they should focus on the current Governor and monitor his activities with Tinubu well not Ambode. While are they trying to prosecute him. Before any Governor could purchase 820 buses am sure the house will be adequately been informed, and they are aware, maybe because they didn't get a enough share of the proceeds on their table during the process and after the procurement of those buses.

it is better to laugh in Nigeria than cry over unwanted milk.The hunter is being hunted.The House is just a joke on Ambode as they are being tele-guided by the big masquerade and they are wasting Lagosians money,time and very vicious.Some of them are two to four times in that assembly,yet the whole Lagos infrastructures is collapsing in their presence.We now have paddy-paddy Govt in power.Since the new Govt came to power,let us know how the people of the State have faired enough of Ambode's debacle.

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You see life this is the kind treatment him was planning for brf than enjoys your probing

Let him stand up for once and fight. Ewo ni gaan?

[s][quote author= post=83590659]Senior politician , we hail o[/quote][/s]

[s][quote author= post=83590645]We will be waiting patiently to see how this war go.

We stand with Ambode.

He did a good job in Lagos state to most extent for the 4 years he was the governor.
He may have his shortcoming, but his good works are still there for all to see.

God bless Lagos state.

God bless Nigeria[/quote][/s]

If I was Ambode, I'd just leave Nigeria for the US and stay there permanently. Let them come and arrest me there.

Ambode should come back to Nigeria and defend himself.

BlueRayDick:
He has done well. Let Óbasa go and explain how the budget that had the purchase of the 820 buses clearly stated was approved by the house and the house is suddenly claiming they never approved the purchase of the buses.

They should stop wasting time on frivolous issues. They should start holding the current governor accountable

Abegi don't mind those Bourdillon lapdogs...

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litaninja:
He did what?
That guy sent lagos state to the pits of hell.

BEST 1-term Governor ever in Nigeria...

Meanwhile BSO is just taking pictures up-and-own...
I pray he quickly grows into the job, because we Lagosians cannot afford failure.
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