The Senate, yesterday, denied speculations of a plot to impeach
President Muhammadu Buhari, saying that it was only a rumour. Members of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, yesterday, refused to speak on the
alleged impeachment threats with its National chairman Senator Ahmed
Makarfi, saying it was a situation embedded within the legislature.
The United Peoples Party, UPP, led by Chief Chekwas Okorie described
any impeachment plot as satanic and subversive. The Senate in a
statement by its spokesperson, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi read:
”We expected the party to, at least, explore all the options open to it
to verify that piece of fabrication which is only the figment of the
imagination of the writers and their sponsors.
“It should be clear to the APC leadership that if there is any truth to
that story, it should have been credited to a particular senator who was
at the executive session.
“It is evident from our proceedings of yesterday (Wednesday) that the
Senate itself was shocked that such a fabrication, which constitutes a
breach of the privileges of the senators, was published and that was why
we mandated our Committee on Ethics, Privileges, and Public Petitions
to investigate the source and circumstances leading to the emergence of
such a fabrication.
“We will like to assure the party that the Senate, as an institution,
values the present democracy in our country and will not do anything
that will undermine or weaken the system.”
Source: Vanguard
