Saraki had in his suit
through his lawyer, Mr Ajibola Oluyede, on Sept. 30 asked for the protection of
the court to guarantee his fundamental rights against “political
victimization”.
Joined as respondents in
the suit are: The Attorney General of the Federation, the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC and the Independent Corrupt Practices
Commission, ICPC.
The Senate President,
Bukola Saraki lost another legal battle Friday as a Federal High Court in
Lagos, struck out a suit filed by him to seek the enforcement of his
fundamental human rights.
The presiding Judge, Justice
Ibrahim Buba in a short ruling, declined jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
Other respondents are:
Inspector General of Police, Code of Conduct Bureau, Code of Conduct Tribunal
and Justice Danladi Umar.
Also joined are: Mr Ataedze
Adza, Mr Sam Saba, Mr Mohammed Diri and Mr M.S Hassan.
Before now, Oluyede had
brought an ex-parte application before the court, but Justice Buba ordered that
the respondents be put on notice.
The Judge also raised the issue
of jurisdiction and ordered counsel to address him on whether it had
jurisdiction to hear the suit or not.
When the matter came up,
Counsel to Saraki informed the court that all parties to the suit had been
respectively served with the court processes.
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