Legislative lawyers, under the aegis of Incorporated Trustees of the Association of Legislative Drafting and Advocacy Practitioners, ALDRAP, have asked an Abuja Federal High Court to compel the House of Representatives to issue an arrest warrant against Prof. Abubakar Olanrewaju Suleiman, Director General of the National Institute for Legislative and Democratic Studies, NILDS, a Federal Government agency under the National Assembly.
The lawyers, who had dragged Suleiman to court for allegedly contesting the governorship primary of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Kwara State without resigning his appointment, wants the lawmakers to order his arrest for failing to honour the invitation of the House committee investigating the issue.
The Speaker of the House of Representatives and Yusuf Galambi, Chairman House Committee on Legislative Library, Research and Documentation, were listed as the respondents in the suit filed by ALDRAP, whose members include staff of NILDS.
Reliefs sought by the plaintiff include an order of mandamus compelling the respondents to exercise the powers under sections 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution, and House of Representatives Standing Orders, 2023, by issuing a warrant for Suleiman’s arrest for his failure to honour the lawmakers’ summons on June 18, 2026.
The court was also asked to declare that the powers vested in the House of Representatives by sections 88 and 89 of the 1999 Constitution include powers to compel attendance and compliance with lawful summons.
In the same vein, the plaintiffs asked the court to order the respondents to ensure strict compliance with provisions
