SANs, Okupe warn against unlawful removal of Saraki

Three Senior Advocates of Nigeria and a former presidential spokesperson, Dr Doyin Okupe, have advised the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to follow due process in its attempt to remove the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

Okupe and the senior lawyers, Professor Fidelis Oditah (SAN), Chief Joe-Kyari Gadzama (SAN) and Roland Otaru (SAN), gave the advice in separate interviews with The PUNCH correspondent on Monday.

Okupe said, “The APC should not be too desperate to remove Saraki. The party should follow due process. The leadership of the APC should at least mobilise up to 73 senators before embarking on such an action.”

Gadzama noted that the APC had argued that the required majority to carry out Saraki’s impeachment should be calculated from sitting members and not the entire Senate.

The PUNCH, August 29, 2018

 

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