Justice Gabriel Kolawole of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has turned down the request to stop the police from its ongoing investigation of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and others over alleged forgery of the 2015 Standing Rules of the Senate.
The court in its ruling yesterday refused an ex-parte application filed by Senator Prince Gilbert Emeka Nnaji, to restrain the police from proceeding with the investigation and making public the report of their investigation.
In the suit, Nnaji sought interim orders to restrain the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) – from continuing with the matter, pending the determination of his substantive suit.
The plaintiff is challenging the constitutionality of the investigation within the context of the doctrine of separation of power.
After listening to the ex-parte motion in the case, the court said it could not grant the prayer sought by the plaintiff because it possesses the power to conduct a judicial review of the action complained about in the substantive suit.
He also refused the plaintiff’s request to abridge the time within which the defendants could respond.
The deputy senate president and the Clerk of the National Assembly are being investigated by the police over alleged forgery of senate standing rules during the election of the senate president last month.
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