Senate Reject Request To Summon DSS Boss Over Judges’ Raid
The Senate on Tuesday
reject a proposal to invite the Director General of the State Security
Service, Lawan Daura, over the clampdown on suspected corrupt judges.
In a motion brought as matter
of urgent national importance by Joshua Lidani (PDP-Gombe), the Senate
was asked to look into the action of the SSS which led to arrest of
seven judges in the early hours of Saturday.
One of the resolutions
canvassed by Mr. Lidani was that the Senate should invite Mr. Daura to
explain why his agency carried out the action the way it did without
deference to the constitutional responsibility of the National Judicial
Council.
When Mr. Saraki called for
vote to uphold Mr. Lidani’s prayer, Senators yelled “ayes” and later
“nay” in somewhat equal proportion.
Then, Mr. Saraki put the question again resulting in similar response as the first.
He then ruled “the nays have it”, translating to defeat of the proposal to invite Mr. Daura.
Specifically, Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, supported the prayer that Mr. Daura be invited.
But other Senators did not touch that part of the prayers sought.
The Senate however condemned the raid on residences of the Judges.
credit: leadershipnews
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