Akpabio Responds To Falana’s Accusations By Denying Any Involvement In Ningi’s Suspension.
The Senate’s plenary session made the decision to suspend Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP-Bauchi), according to Mr. Umeh Kalu (SAN), the president’s counsel. Akpabio did not make this decision….CONTINUE READING
This was said by Kalu in a letter titled “Re: Request to Lift the Suspension of Sen. Abdu Ningi, which was delivered to journalists on Thursday in Abuja and conveyed to human rights lawyer Femi Falana (SAN).
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, Ningi was given a three-month suspension by the Senate on March 12th due to the accusation that the 2024 Budget was padded.
“We are solicitors to Sen. Godswill Akpabio and write you regarding the aforementioned subject,” requested Kalu in the letter.
We have been asked to reply to your letter dated March 27th, which has the caption mentioned above.
“We have carefully read your analysis of the incidents and circumstances that resulted in your client’s Senate suspension.
“We thus plead non est factum on behalf of our client because we are unable to find justification in your verdict of our client’s sole culpability in the said suspension.”
In addition to the aforementioned, the letter states that “our client was at no point your client’s accuser, prosecutor, or judge, contrary to the contents of your letter under reference.”
“The Legislative House Presiding Officer’s official responsibility was and still is for our client to fulfill as a Legislative during the Senate session that led to your client’s suspension.
Which role likewise includes declaring, following debating and voting, the Legislative House’s majority decision.”Permit us to talk about your attempts to inform our client about rulings from the courts and other legal authorities pertaining the unconstitutionality of suspending members of Legislative Houses.We dare claim that this endeavor was ineffective since you either neglected to provide or declined to provide the pertinent details of the aforementioned court rulings in your correspondence.
“You might want to supply the legal authorities you mentioned, keeping in mind that each court decision is based on the particular facts, circumstances, and laws that are in place at the time.
“Although it might not be essential to list every remedy at our client’s disposal in response to your threats of a lawsuit and petition to the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC)…
It is imperative that we note that legislative proceedings are governed by regulations. We implore you to carefully evaluate the legal concerns presented in this correspondence and make decisions about this problem going forward.
