Constitutionnal Ammendment suit papers served at the National Assembly.

Remember the constitutional ammendment by the National Assembly attempting to water down the powers of the president and for which the federal government sued the National Assembly? The court papers have been served according to Thisday
Live, even though the National Assembly appears to be denying the receipt of the court papers.
Read the report after the cut

The Federal Government has refuted claims credited to both the senate president, Senator David Mark and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu that the court processes in the suit challenging the legality of the amendment of the 1999 constitution, were not served on the National Assembly.

Counsel to the government in the suit, former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Chief Bayo Ojo, SAN while responding to reports on the said claims, said that the National Assembly had been served with the processes and that there werre proof of service.

Mark and Ekweremadu spoke at the induction programme for new National Assembly members on Monday in Abuja.

Ojo who filed the suit challenging the constitution amendments as passed by the federal lawmakers, on behalf of the Attorney General of the Federation, also provided pieces of evidence to show that the sole respondent in the suit; the National Assembly, was duly served by the bailiff of the Supreme Court where the matter is pending.

He said that service of processes was effected on the respondent on 23rd April, 2015 by the bailiff, Mr. Michael Ukor Akan.

There was also an affidavit of service of the same date to further authenticate service.

The fourth page of the said affidavit of service also has the stamp of the office of the clerk of the National Assembly, acknowledging receipt of the origination summons on 23rd April 2015.

Ojo argued that  a competent suit was before the apex court and the National Assembly was barred from taking further steps on the amendment of the constitution until the matter is disposed of.