820 bus purchase probe: Ambode heads to court to stop lawmakers

820 bus purchase probe: Ambode heads to court to stop lawmakers

Speaker, others summoned by court

By Olasunkanmi Akoni

Barely 24 hours to the expiration of the summon by Lagos State House of Assembly for ex-Governor of the state, Akinwunmi Ambode to appear before it, a Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja, Tuesday, has ordered the Speaker of the State Assembly, Mudashiru Obasa, to appear before it in connection with the ongoing probe of procurement of 820 buses by the administration of Ambode.

The former Governor had instituted a suit against the Assembly to contest the constitutionality of the probe of the buses which were procured based on budgetary approval as part of the Bus Reform Project of the State Government designed to revolutionize public transportation in line with global best practices.

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