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 The Revenge of Aremu!:Agabi Wants Anyim, Na'Abba Imprisoned
The Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Chief Godwin
Kanu Agabi (SAN), yesterday asked a Federal High Court in Abuja, to order the arrest of the leaders of the National
Assembly for passing the ammended Anti-Corrupt bill into law. Agabi also pleaded that the leaders of the National
Assem-bly be imprisoned for contempt. Agabi made this request at the resumed hearing of the suit in which three
members of the House of Representatives are challenging the procedures adopted by the National Assem-bly in amending
the ICPC Act 2000. Also yesterday, the presiding judge in the matter, Mr. Justice Wilson Egbo-Egbo denied ever
threatening to order the arrest of the Senate President, Anyim Pius Anyim and Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Alhaji Ghali Umar Na'Abba. The Attorney General who personally appeared in court yesterday to represent his ministry
in the matter, urged the judge not only to order the arrest of the National Assembly leadership, but to imprison
them for their alleged contempt of the court. He also appealed to the court to set aside the anti graft bill which
the lawmakers passed into law by upturning the president's veto. He said that failure to do so would spell bad
omen for the legal profession. "My lord, if you fail to set aside the ICPC Act there will be no legal profession
in our country. We will all sit down at home and get justice for ourselves," said Agabi. (This Day)
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