House of Assembly, on Tuesday, reinstated five members it suspended for kicking against the investigation of corruption allegations against Muhammadu Sanusi while he was still the Kano emir.The five lawmakers participated in Tuesday’s plenary of the assembly after the Federal High Court, Kano, declared their suspension null and void, and ordered their reinstatement.
It would be recalled that the assembly had on March 3 suspended them for six months for allegedly causing rowdiness in the house. “The five members were suspended for violating the rules of the house, especially Order IV Sub 4 a, b, d and e disrupted the sittings of the house and prevented proceedings from going on,” the speaker said.
But on June 3, the Federal High Court set aside the suspension of the five members after they urged the court to declare the sanction as a violation of Section 109 of the 1999 Constitution as amended.The counsel to the lawmakers also said the suspension contravenes Article 13 of the African Charter on People’s and Human Rights and Section 109 of the Constitution.
However, when the House failed to reinstate the lawmakers, they went back to the court and obtained an order compelling the assembly to reinstate them in compliance with the judgement.
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