PHOTO: Senate summoned of Professor Itse Sagay is an abuse of Power and unconstitutional- Jiti
The call by the Nigerian Senate to
summon Professor Itse Sagay on his alleged derogatory comment he made against
the Nigerian Senate, has been called as a move to 'kill freedom of speech, an
abuse of legislative powers and in all, unconstitutional, by a Lagos base
lawyer, Jiti Ogunye...
The motion which was moved by
Senate Deputy Majority Leader, Balla, while making reference to a newspaper
publication, as to where Professor Itse Sagay who is a member of the Presidential
Advisory committee, has made the alleged statement, calls the Senate to call
the Professor to the Senate, so as he can point out those Senators he made
reference to in his interview...as being corrupt...
...But speaking on the call to summon
Sagay, Jiti while appearing on Channelstv 10pm news...and when asked if it was right
to summon Professor Sagay, and suspend Senator Ali Ndume, he said:
“The basic reason why you have the
legislature is to promote peace order and good governance”
“They know they don’t have the authority. When
you are using the legislative process, it is an abuse of power for
self-aggrandizement to witch-hunt your opponent and you are trying to kill the
right to freedom of speech,”
On Senator Ndume, he said: “There was no
offence, It was a scam and very sad as if the legislature has a veto power over
the executive”.
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