 and the Senate on Tuesday suspended its investigation into allegation of assault against chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal, Mr. Danlady Umar by a security guard, Clement Sauguaq, the chairman, Senate Committee of Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, Senator Ayo Akiyere Yulei said the panel decided to adjourn the investigation following a suit instituted against the Senate by Umar on the matter. Umar had dragged the Senate, the Senate president, chairman of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to court, and urgent judiciary to interpret the powers of the National Assembly to investigate matters whether they include cases of assault. But lawyer to the petitioner, Temizin Bienramap, kicked against the decision of the committee. Umar, in the originating summons, asked the court to interpret the powers of the four defendants to investigate the case of assault in question. The summons read in part, whether, quote, the perpetrated case of assault which allegedly took place at Banak's Plaza on 29th of March, 2021 forms part of the matters the first defendant is constitutionally empowered to investigate, end of quote. The CCT chairman was alleged to have physically assaulted Clement Sauguaq at the Banak's Plaza in Wusei too on March 29, 2021. In seeking redress, Sauguaq, through his lawyer, petitioned the Senate.