Members of the house of
representatives in the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have raised the alarm
over an alleged plan to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki “through the
back door”.
The lawmakers said some All
Progressives Congress (APC) senators were plotting to invade the senate chamber
and impeach Saraki on Wednesday night.
Saraki defected from the APC to
the PDP on Tuesday, after the party (PDP) had gained massive following in the
senate.
The APC, however, still leads
with majority lawmakers in the red chamber.
Addressing journalists at the
national assembly complex, Chukwuka Onyema, chairman of the PDP caucus and
deputy house minority leader, said the lawmakers learnt the senators were
plotting to carry out the act in connivance with security agencies.
“The aim of their invasion in the
senate while senators are on recess is to come and sit illegally when everybody
is out on recess is to impeach the senate president,” Onyema said.
“We also have it on good
authority that they are planning to come back this night and tomorrow morning
aided by security forces.
“We might think they want to take
over the senate but that’s not what they want to do. They want to truncate this
democracy of ours.
“But we the PDP caucus have
decided to stay here to keep vigil and wait to see what is going to happen
tonight and tomorrow night.”
Both chambers of the national
assembly are currently on recess which is expected to end in September.
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