The northern senators forum has
removed Abdullahi Adamu, senator representing Nasarawa west, as its chairman.
This was contained in a notice
read on the floor of the senate by Ike Ekeweremadu, deputy president of senate,
on Wednesday.
The forum said it removed Adamu
as chairman because of “financial mismanagement and maladministration”.
“This is to inform the senate
that the majority signatories of members of the Northern Senators Forum. We
have removed senator Abdullahi Adams as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum
for financial mismanagement and maladministration,” the notice issued by Dino
Melaye, publicity director of forum, read
“We announce his replacement with
Senator Aliyu Wamakko immediately. Find the attached names and signatories of
members.”
Adamu was one of the senators who
opposed amendments to the election timetable on the grounds that President
Muhammadu Buhari might be the target.
“We are against what has
happened. We are not the only ones. If you take note of the report that was
circulated, the chairman and co-chair did not sign. We don’t know why they
didn’t sign,” he had said at a press conference after staging a walkout.
“Why do we want to make a law
that addresses one particular issue targeted at a person. This is very
partisan. You could see from the body language, from the utterances that it is
a pre-determined thing by a political party that is threatened by the APC
government. Whatever incumbency give to anyone we are denying that one. We are
not part of this endorsement.”
The aggrieved senators were Abu
Ibrahim (Katsina-north), Abdullahi Gumel (Jigawa-north), Ali Wakili
(Bauchi-south), Binta Masi Garba (Adamawa-north), Umar Kurfi (Katsina-central),
Andrew Uchendu (Rivers-east), Benjamin Uwajumogu (Imo-north), Abdullahi Yahaya
(Kebbi-north) and Ovie Omo-Agege (Delta-central).
Omo-Agege has since withdrawn his
statement and tendered an apology.
The senate had adopted the
reordered sequence which the house of representatives passed earlier.
If approved by the president,
election of the federal lawmakers will hold first, next will be state lawmakers
and governors, with the last being the presidential election.
In 2015 and since 2003, the
presidential and national assembly polls held first, followed by governorship
and state legislative polls.
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