Ade Adesomoju, Abuja
The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), on Monday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that the suspension of the Delta Central Senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, by the Senate, was illegal and unconstitutional.
This was part of the AGF’s submissions, which he made on Monday at the court’s hearing of the suit filed by Omo-Agege to challenge his suspension by the Senate for 90 legislative days.
But the Senate and the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, represented by their lawyer, Mr. Mahmud Magaji (SAN), justified the senator’s suspension.
Magaji argued that Omo-Agege, being a member of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, which recommended the suspension, must not be allowed to go without serving his punishment.
“Those who live by the sword must die by the sword,” Magaji said.
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