Attorney General of Federation and Minister of Justice, Mohammed Adoke (SAN) and the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Suleiman Abba, have argued that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, AminuTambuwal, has relinquished his membership of the house by leaving the platform on which he came in to power, thus all the rights and privileges associated with that position has been forfeited.
Adoke and Abba stood by the argument on Friday in a joint counter-affidavit filed in response to the originating summons sent to the court by Tambuwal, challenging the withdrawal of his security aides, alleged threat by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its leadership to reconvene the House, declare his seat vacate and remove him as Speaker.
The case is still before Justice Ahmed Mohammed of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
The AGF and IGP, in the -affidavit filed by their lawyer, Ade Okeaya-Inneh (SAN), argued that they cannot be accused of acting in breach of the Constitution by withdrawing the security aides attached to the Speaker because he is no longer the Speaker as at when the security men were withdrawn.
Having defected from the PDP, the platform on which he was elected into the House, thus having purportedly ceased being a member of the House and its Speaker, he is now “an ordinary citizen of Nigeria, and is not exposed to any danger or bodily harm because of the withdrawal of his security details,” the duo insisted.
