‘Buhari won’t interfere in Senate suspects’ trial’

Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu has stated that President Muhammadu Buhari will not interfere in the prosecution of anybody indicted in by the Police report on the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Order, which was used for the election of Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu on June 9.

Shehu told Punch in Abuja, that Buhari believed in the rule of law and would not do anything that would derail any judicial process, stressing that those who were constitutionally saddled with the process did not need the President’s clearance to do their job.

He said, “They do not need the President’s clearance to prosecute anybody found guilty of any investigation. President Muhammadu Buhari, as all Nigerians know, believes very strongly in the rule of law.

“The President will therefore not do anything that will stop the judicial process. He won’t stop it (the trial of suspects in the Senate forgery case).”

Read also: Confusion trails police report on Senate rule

There were reports on Sunday that the police investigation had confirmed that the Senate standing order was forged and that the police had recommended that some staff of the National Assembly should be prosecuted.

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