Former Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has taken the Lagos State House of Assembly to court over its ongoing probe of his administration’s alleged procurement of 820 buses worth over N7 billion without budgetary approval.
Ambode is due to appear before the House Committee probing the allegation on Wednesday.
The House had placed adverts in some newspapers inviting the former governor to appear before it as he was alleged to have failed to appear on two occasions when he was invited.
However, the former Governor had instituted a suit against the Assembly at the Lagos High Court in Ikeja to contest the constitutionality of the probe of the buses which were procured by his administration.
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Based on the suit, the Lagos High Court in Ikeja on Tuesday ordered the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa to appear before it in connection with the ongoing
probe of procurement of 820 buses by Ambode.
In an order dated 29th October, 2019 issued by Justice Y.A Adesanya after hearing a motion ex-parte moved by Ambode’s lawyer, Tayo Oyetibo (SAN), he ordered the Speaker to appear before the court at by 9am on Wednesday October 30.
Source: PM News
