Court suspends judgment on Saraki, Dogara other NASS members’ defection

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The Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday suspended its reserved judgment on a suit seeking an order declaring vacant the seats of the Senate President, Dr.

Bukola Saraki, the Speaker of the House and 52 other members of the National Assemblt who defected from their original parties last year.

The Thursday’s proceedings lasted about five hours, with the counsel for the plaintiff, Ede Uko, and the legislators’ lawyer, Mahmud Magaji , arguing on whether or not the court should proceed to deliver its judgment. It also also sought an order compelling INEC to conduct by-elections in the constituencies of all the affected legislators.

Source: Law Daily Report (lawdailyreport.net)

 

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