How senators plotted invasion of Senate chamber

The plot by the leadership of the Senate to take further actions against some members of the Parliamentary Support Group for Buhari was largely responsible for Wednesday’s invasion of the Senate Chamber and the stealing of the mace, the symbol of legislative authority.

Investigations revealed that having suspended the secretary of the pro- Buhari group, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege (APC/ Delta) last week, the Senate had planned to suspend the Chairman of the same group, Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC/Nasarawa) at Wednesday’s plenary to effectively subdue the group.

Adamu, a former Governor of Nasarawa State, was the Chairman of the Northern Caucus in the upper chamber of the National Assembly until last month when he was dethroned, following accusations of misappropriation of about N70 million belonging to the regional parliamentary caucus.

New Telegraph, April 20, 2018

 

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