Kogi Sues National Assembly, AGF Over Assembly Takeover

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The Kogi State Government has sued the National Assembly and the Attorney General of the Federation at the Supreme Court, asking for an order nullifying the House of Representatives resolution to take over the legislative functions of the state’s House of Assembly.

The House of Representatives had, on March 9, 2016, passed a resolution to take over the legislative functions of the Kogi State House of Assembly.

The House passed the resolution following the crisis that broke out as a result of the tussle for the speakership of the House between two factions of the Assembly.
In the said resolution, the Reps directed the Inspector-General of Police to seal off the House of Assembly until the crisis was resolved.

But the Kogi State Government, represented by the state’s Attorney General and the House of Assembly, filed its suit on April 29, 2016, before the Supreme Court to challenge the House of Representatives resolution.

The National Assembly and the AGF are the two defendants in the suit.

The plaintiffs in the suit number SC.340/2016, filed under Order 3 Rule 5 of the Supreme Court Rules, asked the apex court to declare that the House resolution was passed in breach of Section 11(4) of the Constitution.

They also urged the apex court to nullify the resolution.

They contended in their statement of claim that “the factional disagreement” between members of the House of Assembly was normal in a democracy.

According to them, the crisis started on February 16, 2016, following a disagreement between two factions in the House of Assembly on the position of the Speaker of the Assembly.

They claimed that following the disagreement, a faction of the members of the House of Assembly filed the suit, FHC/LKJ/CS/16/16 (Kogi State House of Assembly & 3 Ors V National Assembly& 2 Ors.

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