The Plateau State House of Assembly has described as rumour the purported court order for the reinstatement of the former Speaker, Abok Ayuba.
Briefing the media at the Plateau State House of Assembly complex today, the House majority leader and Chairman House Committee on Information, Na’anlong Daniel, said the House is not aware of any court judgement as they have not been serve with any.
“First and famous I want you to understand that the House of Assembly is a respectable institution of law, is a law abiding institution, is a product of law just as all the members of the Plateau State House of Assembly. We are confident in the judiciary and we have confident in our democracy.
“I want to tell you categorically here that it is a rumour that is actually going round that the former speaker have obtained judgement from a court of law. While as a house, I’m speaking in my capacity as the chairman on information, I have called the speaker, I have called the Clark to get clarity on the issue and to the best of my knowledge, the House have not been serve with any court judgement.
“So we are not aware of any court judgement and until then, and I also want you to understand that even if there is a judgement to that effect, the House still have the right to appeal the judgement and also to ask for stay of execution. So but until then, we cannot work with rumour, that is the position of the House.”
“If there is any court judgement then the House need to be served, you cannot take any decision over what you don’t know, so what we are hearing since we were not in the court, the house cannot take rumour from outside and assumed to be the position of the court. Until otherwise the court serve the House of Assembly with the judgement, which of course even at that, the House still have the right to appeal the matter. So we cannot have two captains in a Ship, it has to be one, but for now there is no vacuum and Yakubu Sanda is still the speaker of Plateau State House of Assembly.” He added
Na’anlong noted that as the defendant in the case and even the House of Assembly as an institution was not aware that there was going to be judgement on the case today. Saying as defendant, he should have been served but he was not served and he was not aware of the judgement, it took them as a surprise.
Meanwhile, earlier today Justice Nefisa L. Musa of the State High court in Jos delivered the judgement, ordering the reinstatement of the former Plateau State Assembly Speaker, Abok Ayuba who was impeached in October, 2021.
Two captains in a ship not sheep