The position of Nigeria’s senate president and his deputy remains contentious, as the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alleged that there are fresh plots to arrest the leadership of the Senate to pave way for their impeachment.
This allegation has been fueled largely by threats by the chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC) Adams Oshiomole that the senate president, Bukola Saraki, must vacate his position, having left APC which has the majority in the national assembly or be impeached.
Saraki has, however, continued to maintain that, APC’s threat to impeach him is a mere wishful thinking, which contradicts the provision of the constitution on who should occupy the office of senate president.
Mr. Kola Ologbodiyan, PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, had alleged in a statement on Sunday that , “the fresh plot is to detain the two presiding officers as part of renewed design to keep them out of circulation ahead of Senate resumption’’.
He said the plot was designed to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy Ike Ekweremadu.
The plot according to him, is to create an impression that the two failed to show up for proceedings in the Senate.
He alleged that the arrest was planned to come ahead of the reconvening of the National Assembly and to purportedly hold the Senate leaders back from the sitting and, thereafter, impeach them in their absence.
Ologbodiyan accused the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) of being behind the alleged plot to arrest and detention the officers.
He added that part of the plot was to purportedly use security forces and some government agencies to clamp down on the family members of the Senate leaders.
The PDP spokesperson, however, called on Nigerians and the international community to prevail on the ruling party to shelve such plan.
“In all, the PDP cautions the APC and power mongers to know that Nigerians have seen through their intentions and will continue to firmly resist them by standing for democracy and the unity of our nation at all times,” he said.
The opposition party made the claims two days after Saraki and Ekweremadu accused the Federal Government of planning to implicate them in the recent blockade of the National Assembly by security operatives.
