Hameed Ali!! Lawyer Drags Senate To Court Over Uniform Saga.

Hameed Ali!! Lawyer Drags Senate To
Court Over Uniform Saga.







A legal practitioner has asked the Federal High Court
Abuja to restrain the National Assembly from
compelling the Comptroller General of Nigerian
Customs Service (NCS) Col. Hameed Ibrahim Ali (rtd.)
to wear uniform in the performance of his duties.
Recall that the Senate last week insisted that Ali should
appear on Wednesday in Customs uniform.
The suit, filed yesterday, named Ali, the NCS, the
NASS, the Senate and the Attorney General of the
Federation (AGF) as first to fifth defendants.
The plaintiff, Mohammed Ibrahim is seeking for a court
declaration that Ali’s appointment as Customs boss
cannot be subject to the provisions of Customs and
Excise Management Act (CEMA) or any other law.
A declaration that Ali who is not a commissioned
officer of the NCS is not mandated by law to wear
uniform and that the oversight functions of the
National Assembly does not extend to compelling and
mandating him to appear before it in uniform.
The plaintiff is also asking for an order of perpetual
injunction restraining both the NASS and the Senate
from compelling Ali to wear uniform in the performance
of his duties.
No date has been fixed yet for hearing