Omo-Agege: Senate appeals suspension nullification
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the senate has appealed the nullification of the suspension of senator ovie omo-agege by the federal high court in abuja on thursday1 the senate and the senate president dr bukola saraki who is the second defendant in the case also filed for a stay of execution of the nullification of the suspension1 according to the upper legislative chamber the senate and the senate president have promptly filed a notice of appeal and a motion for stay of execution of the same judgement on the 10th of may 20181 earlier on thursday the federal high court in abuja nullified the suspension of senator ovie omo-agege and declared it illegal. the court however also ruled that the senate had the power to punish its members1 the senator representing all progressives congress apc in delta was suspended by the senate because he openly criticized the amendment of election sequence carried out by the senate1 omo-agege had accused the senate of targetting president muhammadu buhari with the electoral act amendment especially that aspect that deals with modification of election sequence1 omo-agege who was referred to the senate committee on ethics privileges and public petitions fr investigations of comments attributed to him sued the senate asking the court to stop the committee from investigating him1 following the suit the committee recommended that the senator be suspended and he was therefore suspended for 90 legislative days1