A civil society organization, Conscience for Human Rights and Conflicts Resolution (CHRCR), has appealed to the Kogi State House of Assembly to be diligent in its handling of the suspension of Hon. Emmanuel Onuche, the Chairman of Ibaji Local Government.
The Executive Director of CHRCR, Comrade Idris Miliki Abdul, gave the advice in a statement issued in Lokoja on Thursday.
He insisted that the suspension of Hon. Emmanuel Onuche should have followed due process in the spirit of justice and fairness.
“While the state House of Assembly has the power to make laws and carry out oversight functions on the local government, can the state House of Assembly suspend a local government chairman before constituting an investigation committee?
”What is the role of the legislature of that location – the Ibaji local government legislators?
“If at the end of the committee’s investigation the chairman is not guilty, what will we call Kogi State House of Assembly as a law making institution,” he asked.
Miliki charged the assembly to always follow due process diligently in it activities, saying that the “current matter under review cannot be an exemption.”
“Due process must be followed. The process and its outcome made public, in the interest of justice and fairness,” he added.
