THE suit seeking to stop investigation
of the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Orders 2015 by the police
is intended to shield Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu and other
officials of the Senate from probe, the Office of the Attorney-General
of the Federation (AGF) said at the weekend.
Ekweremadu and some senior officials of
the Senate have been at the centre of police investigation into the
secret alteration of.......
some provisions of the 2011 Senate Standing Orders
used by senators on their first sitting on June 9 as the Senate Standing
Orders 2015 (amended).
Some of them have been invited by the police, interrogated and made to write statements.
It was in a bid to restrain the police
and the office of the AGF from taking further steps in relation to the
case that Gilbert Nnaji (representing Enugu East Senatorial District),
on July 23, filed a suit, marked: FHC/ABJ/CS/646/2015 before the Federal
High Court, Abuja.
Senator Nnaji alleged that police
investigation of the case “is inspired by a devious petition by the
Secretary of the Unity Forum Senators, solely aimed at unjustly
incriminating the office of the Deputy President of the Senate” being
occupied by Ekweremadu, representing Enugu West Senatorial district.
In its objection to the competence of the suit, the AGF Office queried Nnaji’s locus standi to
institute the suit for being neither a principal officer of the Senate,
elected under the controversial 2015 Orders, nor being investigated by
the police.
It noted that by his averments, Nnaji has betrayed his true intention, which is to protect Ekweremadu.
It contended that it was only Ekweremadu
and others, who feel their interests or rights would be affected by
police investigation of the forgery allegation that could validly sue.
Culled - TheNation
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