The House of Representatives on Tuesday said it will investigate the attack on the Federal High Court by yet to be identified persons on Friday, December 6 in an attempt to re-arrest the convener of #Revolution Now, Omoyele Sowore.

The resolution arose from a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by the Minority Leader of the House, Hon. Ndudi Elumelu who said the action was was an embarrassment to the nation.

Elumelu expressed dismay over what he described as an exhibition of thuggery, brute force, lawlessness, contempt and disregard for the rule of law by yet to be identified persons within the precinct of the Federal high court, Abuja on the 6th day of December 2019.

According to him, the videos currently in the public domain shows these unidentified person trying to bundle Omoleye Sowore and his co-accused Olawale Bakare away from the courtroom, while Sowore’s supporters were resisting them.

He described the action as an abuse to the sanctity of the courtroom.

He said that members of the civil society claim that the unidentified masked man are agents of the Department of the state services (D.S.S), while the Department of State Services has denied through their spokesman Peter Afunanya that its personnel were never involved in the incident.

The Minority Leader expressed concern that section 4,5 and 6 of the 1999 Constitution as amended guarantees the separation of powers and the independence of every arm of Government.

He said, “a situation where one arm is seen to be overpowering another in the course of dispensing her duties, will definitely spell doom for the separation of powers as enshrined in the Constitution”.

He said further that the actions of these unidentified persons disrupted judicial proceedings on the 6th day of December 2019, and made the presiding judge abandon her duty post because of safety concerns, describing it as a complete desecration of the temple of justice and such an action should be completely discouraged.

He stressed that if this action is not properly checked, the National Assembly may one day be invaded and the relevant security agencies will claim not to know who the offenders are.

He reminded the House that the invasion of the Federal high court Abuja runs contrary to the avowed assurances of the president of the Federal Republic on respect for the separation of power.

He stressed that physically assaulting Omoleye Sowore and his co-defendant Olawale Bakare by the yet to be identified persons inside the courtroom is the highest act of sacrilege against the judicial arm of government and a complete disrespect for the rule of law.

Speaker of the House said the motion was very important as the lawmakers must find out what actually happened in other to know the way forward.

The Motion was unanimously carried without debate and referred to the House committees on National Security and Intelligence, Judiciary and Human Rights to investigate the event and report back to the house within two weeks for further legislative action.

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