Senator Ovie Omo-Agege who was suspended by the Senate before now has now resumed at the chamber.

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege

In a statement issued by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Aliyu Sabi-Abdullahi, it reads; “The Senate leadership has been briefed by our lawyers on last Thursday’s judgment of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on whether the Senate has the legal authority to suspend a member for certain misconduct or not.”

“We have equally filed an appeal against the judgment of the court and a motion for stay of execution of the judgment at the Court of Appeal.

“As an institution that obeys the law and court orders, the Senate has decided that it will comply with the judgment of the Federal High Court and do nothing to stop Senator Ovie Omo-Agege from resuming in his office and at plenary from tomorrow May 15, 2018, pending the determination of the application for stay of execution.”

“The Senate has been advised that since the motion for stay of execution of the Thursday, May 10, 2018, judgment shall be heard and possibly determined on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, we shall therefore respect the subsisting High Court judgment and await the appellate court’s decision on the pending motion.”

It would be recalled that the Senate on April 12, 2018 suspended Omo-Agege for 90 legislative days for dragging the chamber to court over the amendment to the Electoral Act 2010 which seeks to reshuffle the sequence of polls during a general election.