A Kwara State High Court in llorin, yesterday, restrained the state House of Assembly from investigating the allegations of certificate forgery, fraud and issuance of dud cheque against a member, Saheed Popoola.
Popoola (APC Ojomu-Balogun constituency in Offa Local Government Area), is the only member of the assembly that did not defect to Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, with the other 23 lawmakers.
Justice T. S. Umar, in a motion ex parte filed by Salman Jawondo, counsel to Popoola, ordered the Assembly not to engage in any act that could deny the lawmaker his privileges.
Umar held that the legislator was elected by the people of Balogun-Ojomu as their representative for four years on the ticket of All Progressives Congress, APC.
He ordered the Principal Officers and Standing Committees of the Assembly not to take any action on the allegations until the determination of the case before the court and adjourned the case till August 15 for mention. Vanguard