Mace theft: Court can’t stop legislature, Senate replies Omo-Agege

Chairman, Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isah Hamma Misau, says the court cannot stop the legislature from the performance of its constitutional duties through frivolous injunctions.

Senator Missau stated this in a statement while reacting to a court injunction which Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, representing Delta Central, obtained on Tuesday from a High court in Bwari, Abuja, restraining the leadership of the senate and House of Representatives from considering the report of an adhoc committee set up by both chambers to investigate the invasion of the Senate Chamber by some hoodlums who carted away the mace, the symbol of authority of the parliament.

Misau, in the statement described the suit as frivolous, accusing Omo-Agege of abusing the judicial process and the generosity of the leadership of the Senate with some of his actions which seek to bring down the institution to which he belongs.

It would be recalled that some hoodlums attacked the Senate chamber on live television during plenary and inflicted injury on workers on April 18, 2018.

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The leadership set up an adhoc committee to investigate what happened and recommend measures to prevent a recurrence and months after the committee had submitted its report, only for Senator Omo-Agege to rush to court when he heard that there was a push for the report to be considered before the life of the present Senate expires.

“Omo-Agege has dared the Senate. Now, he should face the music. I blame the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki for delaying on the consideration of the report. The Eighth Senate is winding down and the general view of members is that before we leave, all outstanding reports should be considered and acted upon. If Omo-Agege does not have any hidden agenda, why is he seeking to stop the consideration of the report, after all, he was given fair hearing to state his own case before the panel?

“He is probably running helter-skelter now because he wants to become Deputy Senate President and he knows that if we adopt the recommendation of the committee, the outcome will affect his ambition. This is the reason why people should always consider the future implications of their actions”, he stated.

He however implored the Senate leadership to move swiftly to vacate the injunction granted to Omo-Agege by the Bwari court and ensure nothing stops the Senate from getting to the roots of that invasion by hoodlums.