Committee on Media and Publicity, led by Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, in response to SGF, said the Senate was being targeted to intimidate the legislature and force a leadership change.
In a statement last night, Abdullahi, who is a Saraki loyalist, said:
“We note the statement issued by the Secretary to the Federal Government, Mr. David Babachir Lawal, that the Senate is not the one on trial in the forgery case instituted by the Attorney General of the Federation against the Senate President and his Deputy.
“We disagree with him on this position and we maintain our earlier stand that it is the Senate that is the target of the present attempt to intimidate the legislature to force a leadership change in the Senate.
"Mr. Babachir Lawal should tell us how reasonable it is to conclude that when the President of Nigeria and the Vice President are being jointly tried in a suit whose outcome can remove them from office, it is not the Buhari Government that is being targeted.
“It is also imperative to clearly state that contrary to the claim by the SGF, neither the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki nor Senator Ike Ekweremadu was mentioned by the petitioners, the statements by those interviewed by the police or even the police report.
“Meanwhile, let us refresh Mr. Lawal’s memory about the facts of the 1999 case.
“It is obvious that the Senate President and his deputy are not being accused of certificate forgery as it happened in ex-Speaker Salisu Buhari’s case.
“Therefore, nobody should compare an apple with an orange. Also, neither Saraki nor Ekweremadu is below the age requirement for their present positions as it was alleged in the Buhari case.
“Attempts to make the two situations look similar is to present all Nigerians as having no sense of history. We also know that nobody can be accused of forging his own signature. The executive is in no position to determine what is the correct Standing Orders of the Senate."
But the Attorney General has insisted that forgery anywhere in the country will be dealt with, either in the senate, judiciary or executive.
Ok ooooo
ReplyDeleteI hope that when they are found guilty you also join them in jail since because they are on trial your also on trial.
ReplyDeleteThe senators should calm down
ReplyDeleteand see the out at end of the day.
Court will determine that, either right or wrong let's wait for justice.
ReplyDeleteforgery is forgery whether it is on a cheque, certificate or document!if PMB and his amiable VP forged their generalship or professorship certificates in that order;you should file case against them or if the elections that brought them to power was rigged or forged;impeach them.i bet you Nigerians will take over the streets to support you.anything less;keep quiet & let everybody carry his/her cross & if you now feel that it is the whole senate that is being dragged for forgery...then all of you will be charged for accessories to forgeries.qed.
ReplyDeleteOk naaa, we will see the end of the battle.
ReplyDeleteThieves and greed driven people
ReplyDeleteMaybe they committed the crime together.
ReplyDeleteThese sinators are bunch of disgrace to this country.
ReplyDelete@ Senator Aliyu Abdullahi, remember very well that there are petitioners in this issue who are senators too. So if there are, where did the executive go wrong in all these. If I forge my tenancy aggreemrnt, once my landlord reports to the police, from that moment, it is the govt vs me.
ReplyDeleteDem no dey remember dem constituents wen dem wan selfishly defraud their constituents and the nation.
ReplyDeleteDem quick to put on dem constituents regalia for sentiments wen dem don catch dem.
BUKOLA SARAKI AND HIS DEPUTY IKE EKWEREMADU SHOULD BE ASHAMED OF THEMSELVES TO QUIT OR RESIGN CRIMINALS.
ReplyDeleteTheir wahala
ReplyDeleteWho dem EPP?..
ReplyDeleteWhat a show of shame.Na your so-called leaders elect you put for HOUSE?
ReplyDeleteWhat do u expect him to say? Some of dem ar birds of d same feather dt flocks together.
ReplyDeleteMctweeeee......they should better go look for something and do and stop wasting their time.
ReplyDeletewho is ds Abdullahi! u better keep ur mouth shut if u don't knw wat to say. Or better still join dem in jail
ReplyDelete#Olu,can you see?
I am not surprised at the stand of these so-called Senators. Many of them forged documents and rigged elections that put them in the National Assembly. They are showing solidarity with one of their own (forgers). It's the duty of the Court to declare Saraki and Ekweremadu innocent or otherwise. Let the law take its course.
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