Asks court to restrain NASS on amendment
President Goodluck Jonathan has intensified his effort to prevent the National Assembly from overriding his veto on the amendment of the Constitution.
The President, through the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) has applied to the Supreme Court for an injunction restraining the lawmakers from acting on the amendment – the Fourth Alteration Act 2015 – pending the determination of an earlier suit he filed, urging the court to declare the amendment unconstitutional.
The President in the substantive suit (also filed by the AGF), argued that the purported Fourth Alteration Act 2015 was not passed with the mandatory requirement of four-fifth majority of members of the National Assembly and the mandatory due processes provided for under the relevant sections of the Constitution.
Part of the President’s prayers in the main suit is that the Supreme Court nullifies and sets aside sections 3, 4, 12, 14, 21, 23, 36, 39, 40, 43 and 44 of the Fourth Alteration Act, 2015 purportedly passed by the National Assembly.
In the fresh application for interlocutory injunction, the President urged the apex court to restrain the lawmakers from carrying through their threat to override his veto, even with the pendency of the substantive suit.
Among the grounds on which the applicant hinged the application was that the National Assembly was determined to proceed with passing the constitution by overriding the veto of same despite the fundamental nature of the issues raised against it.
No date has been fixed for hearing in the case.
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