Ebun Francis| The bid by former Lagos governor, Akinwunmi Abode to halt the state assembly from probing his purchase of 820 buses suffered a set back on Thursday as a high court sitting in Ikeja struck out a suit he filed seeking an injunction to restrain the house from the exercise.
Justice Yetunde Adesanya while ruling in the suit filed by Ambode, upheld the preliminary objections of the lawmakers and held that the court lacked the jurisdiction to stop them from going ahead with the probe.
Justice Adesanya also ruled that the ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the former governor was a fact-finding committee.
According to the judge, an investigation is not an indictment and “the claimant (Ambode) has not been indicted”.
“An invitation by an agency of government cannot in any way cause a breach of the threat of the fundamental rights of the claimant.
“I hereby find that the claimant’s action is an invitation to the court to cripple the legislative exercise of the statutory power of the Lagos State House of Assembly under Section 128 and 129 of the 1999 Constitution.
“That is not the function of the court, and no court of law should accede such invitation. The claimant’s suit is hereby struck out,” she held.
Lawyers to Ambode, however, faulted the ruling of the court, and vowed to challenge the decision.
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