You Lack Power To Take Over Edo Assembly, Court Tells NASS.
The Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, has ruled that the National Assembly lacks the power to take over the function of Edo State House of Assembly or any other House of Assembly in the country.
Joined in the suit were the Clerk of the National Assembly, President of the Senate, Speaker of the House of Representatives, Inspector-General of Police, Director-General of th State Security Service and Edo State Governor. “The National Assembly lacks the power to take over the Edo State House of Assembly. It amounts to taking over th functions of the Edo State House of Assembly. The House of Assembly is not an appendage of the National Assembly.
“I hold that it is the Court that has the power to define and hold that Edo State House of Assembly cannot function and the National Assembly can take over.
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