The Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, on Monday denied the involvement of Chief Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) and Monday Ubani (SAN)) in the defence of an alleged unlawful suspension suit filed by Kogi State Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan.
The lawyers representing the Senate and Akpabio, who are second and third respondents respectively, told Justice Binta Nyako of an Abuja Federal High Court that the two lawyers being accused of disobeying the orders of the court are not members of the legal team.
Akpoti-Uduaghan had dragged the Clerk of the Senate, the Senate, President of the Senate and the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics to court over her suspension on March 5.
At the resumed hearing of the matter on April 4, Justice Nyako had made an order restraining Akpabio, Akpoti-Uduaghan, as well as their respective lawyers from speaking with the media on the substantive issue and fixed May 12 for hearing of all pending applications. (Thisday)