The House of Representatives said on Sunday that it would appeal the judgment of an Abuja Federal High Court, which forbade it from summoning the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke.
In a judgement given on Wednesday last week, the presiding judge, Justice Ahmed Mohammed, also halted the House’s probe of the N10billion the minister reportedly spent on maintaining a private jet, Challenger 850, for her trips.
The judge held that the summons of the House to the minister to answer questions on the jet was “invalid” on the grounds that the House resolution was neither published in the journal of the National Assembly nor in the official Gazette of the Federal Government.
But, House spokesman, Mr. Zakari Mohamme, said in Abuja that the last had not been heard of the face-off between the House and the oil minister.
He disclosed that lawyers to the House were reviewing the decision of the court and would enter the appropriate appeal against the judgment.
Mohammed said he would not speak further so that his comments would not jeopardise the appeal being prepared by the lawmakers.
“There is a possibility that our lawyers will appeal the judgment and whatever I say could be considered as prejudice,” he added.
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Alison-Madueke"s jet scandal: Reps to appeal court judgement
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