Desperate politicians want me out of office – Ekweremadu

The leadership crisis rocking the National Assembly may be far from being over, as the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, Thursday, raised the alarm that some politicians have perfected plans to falsely indict him so as to force him out of office.

In a statement released by his media office on Thursday, Ekweremadu alleged that the masterminds of the plot are planning to publish false and defamatory information against his person, adding that the accounts of the senate and committees where he served in the past are being scrutinized with the objectives of nailing him.

The Deputy Senate President, who emerged against popular expectation, however vowed to resist every form of intimidation against his person.

The statement reads:

“The Office of the Deputy President of the Senate wishes to bring to the knowledge of the public to some clandestine efforts by desperate political elements to publish false and defamatory information against the office and person of the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu.

“These elements are currently making desperate efforts, including scavenging through Senate accounts and committees he served in, with the sole aim of misrepresenting information, maligning, and running him out of office by hook or crook or force him to resign from office as the Deputy President of the Senate.

“The Deputy President of the Senate appreciates the principled stance of most media houses not to be used in this business of blackmail, falsehood, and cheap propaganda.

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“Meanwhile, it will interest Nigerians to know that the office has it on good authority that the elements behind this unscrupulous push are the same people whose recent staunch defence of bipartisan leadership in the legislature as rightly being consistent with the 1999 Constitution (as amended), the presidential system of government, and our history is in the public domain.

“The Deputy President of the Senate is ever committed to contributing his quota towards ensuring that the Federal Government of Nigeria provides good governance that caters to the wellbeing of the good people of Nigeria, for it remains the common and primary calling of all of those in government, irrespective of party affiliation.

“However, the Deputy President of the Senate also remains committed to the institution of the National Assembly and independence of the legislature, hence he will not allow himself to be intimidated or stampeded out of office.

“While we advise patriotic Nigerians to be on the lookout for such misinformation and regard them as the puerile propaganda that they are, we want to assure them that just like the phantom alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules, this too will surely fail,” he said.

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