Joseph Bakare
Senator Ovie Omo-Agege’s suspension by the Nigerian Senate has been declared ‘‘unconstitutional’’ by a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.
Omo-Agege, who is the federal lawmaker representing Delta Central in the Senate, was recently suspended for 90 legislative days by the upper chamber of the National Assembly, for speaking against the Senate’s bid to re-order the sequence of the 2019 general elections.
The Senator had claimed that the Red Chamber’s bid to re-order the 2019 election sequence was targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari’s re-election.
Prior to his suspension by Senate’s Ethics and Privileges Committee on April 13, Omo-Agege had approached the court to challenge the decision of the committee to investigate his allegations.