A constitutional lawyer in Abuja Mr Realwan Okpanachi, has said that the only effective way the Vice president Yemi Osinbajo can waive his immunity is by resigning.
Speaking with NAN he said, “if he sincerely desires to do so is to resign from his position as vice president.”
“He cannot remain in office and waive his immunity as the immunity is attached to that office and not his person,” the lawyer said.
Okpanachi was reacting to the statement credited to the vice president that he would waive his constitutional immunity to clear his name over the N90 billion he allegedly received from Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS).
The lawyer said that Section 308 of the Constitution, which raises arguments in some quarters that the vice president could not institute any case in his name no longer represent the position of the law.
He said the case of I.B.M. Securities Plc. Vs Ahmed Bola Tinubu as decided by the Supreme Court being relied upon by those holding such opinion was no longer tenable.
