Lawmakers on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the House of Representatives yesterday stormed out of the Green Chamber in protest against a motion to suspend Executive Order 006 recently signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. The National Assembly is proposing to strip the president of his power on asset forteiture and bestow it on a High Court judge who is to use his discretion to decide whether or not to order the forfeiture. The House resolved that President Buhari should suspend implementation of the Executive Order in view of its controversial nature, which conflicts with relevant provisions of the law.
The House also invited the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami (SAN) and chairman of the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, Kefas Magaji, to appear before it with a comprehensive list of all subsidiary legislation in Nigeria published in the Federal Gazette within two weeks. The lawmakers were divided along party…
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