Yusuf Bello| A week after operatives of State Security Service (DSS), invaded the federal high court, Abuja to arrest Omoyele Sowore, the Senate has decided to investigate the circumstances that lead to the action of the secret police.
Senator Opeyemi Bamidele from Ekiti State during Thursday’s plenary, called the attention of the Senate to the matter.
He relied on Section 43 of the Senate Standing Orders, saying the incident has raised a lot of concerns in different quarters in the country.
“The leadership and members of the judiciary are particularly concerned about this development because they believe that the courtroom is meant to be a sanctuary”, the lawmaker said.
“For us as a Senate, we cannot analyse issues based on conclusions without facts that we consider technical. Much as we cannot jump into conclusion, also is the fact that we cannot pretend not to know that Nigerians are concerned about this development.”
“Mr President, the reason I came under 43 is so that I will not generate any controversy or even make the Senate debate over an issue as I said earlier, we still need to have facts and evidence.
“As elected representatives of the people in whom Nigerians and including the Judiciary must find their voice, that we mandate our committee on National Security and Intelligence to interface with the security agencies to investigate what happened and report back to the Senate,” Senator Opeyemi proposed.
In his ruling, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, mandated the Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters instead to investigate the incident.
The Committee, chaired by Senator Opeyemi, has one week to submit its report.
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