National Assembly Rejects Absolute Immunity For Senate President, Speaker, Other Principal Officers | Sahara Reporters

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The bill, sponsored by Segun Odebunmi (APC, Oyo), is titled, “An Act to alter Section 308 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 to extend immunity to cover presiding officers of the legislative institutions.”

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A bill seeking to confer “absolute” immunity on presiding officers of the National Assembly and judicial officers has been rejected by House of Representatives Special Committee on Amendment of the 1999 Constitution.

Abdulhamid Mohammed, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, who is one of the consultants working with the committee, on Wednesday at the public hearing on the bill presented the position of the consultants to the lawmakers. "The bill did not indicate which court has the competence to hear such cases. The immunity is not absolute," he said.

Uzoma explained that even though there were examples of abuse of process by the executive against the legislature and judiciary, blank immunity was not acceptable.

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