PDP Reps begin vigil at NASS over alleged plot by APC senators to impeach Saraki at night

Members of the House of Representatives on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have alleged a secret plot to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki.

The lawmakers said some All Progressives Congress (APC) senators plan to invade the senate chamber and impeach Saraki on Wednesday night.

Addressing journalists at the National Assembly complex, Chukwuka Onyema, chairman of the PDP caucus and deputy house minority leader, said the lawmakers got wind that the senators were plotting to execute the plan with the support of security agencies.

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“The aim of their invasion in the senate while senators are on recess is to come and sit illegally when everybody is out on recess is to impeach the senate president,” Onyema said.

“We also have it on good authority that they are planning to come back this night and tomorrow morning aided by security forces.

“We might think they want to take over the senate but that’s not what they want to do. They want to truncate this democracy of ours.

“But we the PDP caucus have decided to stay here to keep vigil and wait to see what is going to happen tonight and tomorrow night.”

 

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