The Deputy Senate President, Ike
Ekweremadu, has said there were plans to ‘overthrow’ the outgoing 8th Senate.
In his speech during the
valedictory session held on Thursday, Mr Ekweremadu praised his colleagues for
resisting the scheme.
The valedictory session, where
senators are allowed to reflect on their time in the upper chamber, is usually
the last session of a parliamentary tenure.
The first to deliver his speech,
Mr Ekweremadu said the character of his colleagues during the trying times
showed their goodwill.
Even though he alleged there were
plans to overthrow the eighth Senate, he did not give further information on
those involved.
“In the front of our problems, we
stood together as a Senate. We are mindful of the institution and of course,
our loyalty was to the people of Nigeria. I will like to thank my colleagues
for taking that position.
“As a matter of fact, there were
plans to overthrow this Senate by force but there are some people here, in
spite of their political divide, they stood their ground and today I want to
thank them. I thank them for their courage, for standing by the truth. This has
shown that there are still men of goodwill in this country.”
Mr Ekweremadu reserved special
praise for his party men.
“I will like to thank my
colleagues in the PDP who, despite all the trauma, the persecutions, stood by
democracy and rule of law and committed themselves to this institution. You are
the heroes of this eighth Senate.”
You should show remorse over how you came to be Deputy Senate President in a Senate of overwhelming majority of a ruling party. Fraudulent manner of acquiring position orchestrated by Saraki, the mole in APC. We understood your aims of playing spoiler to discredit the ruling party, especially, the executive arm of the government.
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