Politics
Saraki, others dragged to court over comment on IGP Idris
The recent pronouncement of the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim Idris, as unfit to hold any public office has drawn the ire of a Lagos-based lawyer, Mr. Debo Adeleke, who has dragged the Senate President Bukola Saraki to court.
The National Assembly had following Idris’ failure to honour its several summons, pronounced him unfit to run any public office and an enemy of democracy.
Apparently not happy with that development, Adeleke filed a suit before a Federal High Court against Saraki, joining as co defendants in the suit, the National Assembly and the Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.
Adeleke in his suit is praying for an order of court declaring that the National Assembly, Saraki and Ekweremadu are not courts of law, and therefore lacked the jurisdiction and vires to declare the IGP persona non grata and unfit to hold public office within and outside Nigeria and as an enemy of democracy.
The lawyer is also seeking for an order of the court declaring that the power of the Senate of National Assembly to invite a public officer under its power of investigation in Section 88 of 1999 Constitution (as amended), is limited and it is only to enable it to make laws with respect to any matter within its legislative competence and correct and defect in the existing laws; and to expose corruption, inefficiency or waste in execution or administration of laws within its legislative competence and in the disbursement or administration of funds appropriated by it.
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The lawyer went further to argue that the Senate invitation to Idris over the arrest and arraignment of a Kogi West senator, Dino Melaye, was subjudice and undue interference with Police constitutional power of investigation, arrest and arraignment of suspects.
Adeleke, in a 27-paragraph affidavit in support of the originating summon, claimed that he had to file the suit to defend and uphold the sanctity of the Constitution of Federal Republic of Nigerian for public interest.
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