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The Federal High Court in Abuja has given Senate President Bukola Saraki another chance to pay Senator Ovie Omo-Agege all his entitlements, or appear in court to defend why he should not be sent to jail.

The court stated this when Omo-Agege’s imprisonment proceedings initiated against Saraki before Justice Nnamdi Dimgba came up on Thursday.

The Delta-Central Senator had initiated the committal proceedings praying that Saraki be sent to prison as punishment for flouting the May 10 judgment of the court which ordered him (Omo- Agege) to be reinstated from illegal suspension and be paid all his accrued benefits for the period of the voided suspension.

The hearing of the committal proceedings was fixed for Thursday but neither Saraki or his lawyers were in court.

The senator’s lawyer, Dr Alex Izinyon (SAN), had urged the presiding judge to have the committal application heard despite the absence of the defence.

But in his ruling, Justice Dimgba said, “Upon this motion on notice dated and filed on August 15, 2018, praying for the committal of the Senate President to prison for contempt of court coming up before this honourable court today (Thursday ) for hearing; and after hearing Dr Alex Izinyon (SAN) with Hanatu Abdulkarim, Friday Izinyon, Alex Izinyon II, J .A Gesa, for the judgment /creditor/ applicant urging that the court should proceed with the hearing;

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“It is hereby ordered as follows: That indeed from the records of the court, the Senate President, the alleged contemnor, was served with the motion and hearing notice by advertisement as ordered by the court on pages 35 – 36 of The Nation Newspaper of September 25, 2018; this motion is therefore ripe for hearing.

“That in the interest of justice, and to give the alleged contemnor another opportunity to remedy the alleged wrong or even to appear to defend himself, and as a demonstration of the court’s commitment for justice, the court directs the applicant/ judgment/creditor’s counsel to write to the alleged contemnor and the legal department of the Senate informing them of the next adjourned date.”

The matter was adjourned till October 18 for “definite hearing” of the committal application.

 

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