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The Conference Committee of the National Assembly on Constitution Review yesterday retained the immunity clause for the President and the Governors, which was originally in the Nigerian Constitution but was recommended for removal last week by the House of Representatives. The Conference Committee retained the immunity clause for the President and the Governors and also approved immunity for legislators in respect of words spoken or written in the exercise of their legislative duties. The report, which contains 23 amendments, confers immunity on lawmakers, “In respect of words spoken or written in the exercise of their legislative duties” through amendment of section 4. Also adopted by the Committee was the power conferred on the National Assembly and the State Assemblies in Section 58 and 100 to override the President or the Governor in an event there was an impasse where the President or the Governor of a state refused to append his assent on any passed law. The Com...

 court has restrained the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, from dissolving or attempting to dissolve the Imo state executive of the party. The order of interlocatory injunction was issued by Justice K.A. Ojiako of the high court of Imo state to stay in place pending the hearing and determination of a suit filed by two executive members of the state chapter of the party. The applicants, Joseph Nwadiugwu and Josaper Ndubuaku kare sued the national executive committee of the PDP and its chairman, Adamu Muazu alleging plans to dissolve the imo state executive when its tenure has not expired. According to them, their four-year tenure expires on December 20 and not October 20. The trial judge granted accelerated hearing of the case while restraining the defendants, the PDP and its national chairman from taking any action thereof.

A resident of Effurun in Warri, Delta State, Mr. Richard Loromeke, has instituted a N100 million suit against the registered trustees of Believers Love World, also known as Christ Embassy, for trespass on his parcel of land and exhumation of remains of his mother, Madam Cecilia Loromeke, buried on the land situated in Aba, Abia Statvge. The defendants in the suit include Messrs Samson Enwereji, Registered Trustees of Believers Love Church and Remi Chijioke. Counsel to the claimant in the suit instituted at an Abia State High Court, Mr. R. O. Irikefe and Mr. Patrick Awo-Osagie, said Loromeke was also claiming N992,300 as special damages. He also prayed the court for an order of perpetual injunction restraining the defendants by themselves, servants, agents, workmen, surrogates, thugs and/or privies from any further trespass on the disputed land. The claimant prayed the court to declare that he was the person entitled to the statutory right of occupancy in respect of the p...