The Senate has said that the judiciary cannot stop the Parliament from carrying out its constitutional duties.
This is in response to an order by a Federal High Court in Abuja restraining the National Assembly from taking steps to pass into law the Electoral Amendment Bill.
The court ordered the defendants to maintain status quo pending the next adjourned date fixed for March 20, 2018.
Senate Minority Leader, Senator Godswill Akpabio, drew the attention of the lawmakers to the court order during plenary on Thursday, March 15, 2018.
He pointed out that the court has no right to interfere with the workings of the parliament according to the principal of separation of powers.
The Senate therefore resolved to write to the Chief Justice of Nigeria informing him of the court injunction restraining the Senate and reminding him of the principal of separation of powers.
