By Emman Ovuakporie & Johnbosco Agbakwuru

ABUJA — THE House of Representatives, yesterday, summoned the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Mr Solomon Arase, and the Attorney General of the Federation, AGF, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over the AGF’s directive to the IG to disregard the National Assembly’s resolution to seal Kogi State House of Assembly.

Recall that the National Assembly had taken a resolution directing the IGP to seal the state Assembly over the recent crisis that engulfed the assembly and also took over legislation of the House, pending the resolution of the crisis.

But the AGF reportedly told the IGF to disregard the National Assembly directives, claiming that the legislative body erred in its resolution as he described the crisis as a mere misunderstanding among the legislators that had no security threat  to the state.

Worried by the directive of the IGP, the House in its resolution, after debating on the motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Ossai Nicholas Ossai, representing Ndokwa East/Ndokwa West/Ukwani Federal Constituency of Delta State, invited the IGP and the AGF to appear to explain the reasons behind their actions.

The House, presided over by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, set up a 22-man ad-hoc committee, chaired by the Majority Leader, Femi Gbajabiamila, to interface with the duo to find out the reason behind some of their actions in the Kogi imbroglio and report back to the general house.

The inclusion of the IGP was to ascertain why it took him several weeks to implement the resolution of the National Assembly directing the police to seal the assembly complex, pending the resolution of the crisis.

The mover of the motion, Ossai, regretted that after the House had taken a resolution on the Kogi State House of Assembly to forestall any break down of law and order, the AGF told the IGP that the decision of the National Assembly was unwarranted and unlawful.

The Majority Leader said  the National Assembly had a responsibility to defend the constitution of the country and also protect the mandate given to them, which has constitutional backings.