A Federal Capital Territory High Court, witnessed an unprecedented turn of events at the arraignment of the Senate President and his deputy, Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu, when all the lawyers and members of the outer bar were asked to vacate the courtroom, for Senators to get seats.
Some of the lawyers who had their matters listed for the day did not however take this lightly, as some of them were seen arguing against the move, shouting : “no lawyer should leave the courtroom, this is our place and we have jurisdiction here”.
This move by the court registrars in Justice Yusuf Halilu’s court was based on his instruction to decongest the courtroom, before he would sit on any of the matters listed before him for the day.
Normalcy was however restored after the registrars successfully made the lawyers stand, while some Senators like Dino Melaye, Stella Oduah and others were ‘smuggled’ into the courtroom.
The duo of Saraki, Ekweremadu, a former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and his deputy, Benedict Efeturi, ate being accused of forging the Senate standing rules which led to the election of the new leadership.
As at the time of filing this report, the accused persons have been docked but pleas have not been taken.
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