Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti state has responded to the law suit filed against him by First Lady Aisha Buhari.
Speaking through his counsel, Mike Ozekhome (SAN), he said although he had not received the court papers, he is eagerly waiting to be served them.
Premium Times yesterday reported that Aisha Buhari had filed a lawsuit against Fayose over his allegations linking her to the Halliburton scandal.
In the ex-parte motion Mrs. Buhari prayed the Federal High Court, Abuja division, to grant her reliefs to issue writ of summons against Mr. Fayose and his media advisers, Idowu Adelusi and Lere Olayinka.
However, Mike Ozekhome (SAN) has questioned whether the first lady had the right to sue a governor who had immunity under section 308 of the 1999 constitution.
He said: “We have not been served Mrs. Aisha Buhari’s writ against Governor Fayose. We are waiting for this legally and jurisprudentially titillating and ground-breaking suit that will open up new vistas and rip open the yet undiscovered entrails of Section 308 of the 1999 Constitution, which grants immunity to the President, Vice-President, governors and deputy governors.”
Leave a Reply