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According to Nigerian Tribune, senators of the Unity Forum, the group loyal to Senator Ahmad Lawan and the All Progressives Congress (APC), are said to have perfected a plot to impeach Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
An unnamed source said though the senators know that it would be an uphill task to secure the 73 senators needed to impeach either Ekweremadu or Saraki, they had decided to strike at a time when APC lawmakers would be in an overwhelming majority on the floor, especially when many PDP senators would have embarked on legislative assignments outside Abuja.
''The deal is that contending forces should lie low for now and allow the Senate to commence its work and for legislative activities to start in earnest. On a day when only a few senators of the PDP are on the floor, the plot would be hatched in such a way that two thirds of those present would be relied upon to impeach the Deputy Senate President.
''There and then, a replacement from the APC lawmakers would be elected and that would condemn Ekweremadu to the courts. The case may not actually end till the end of the eighth Assembly'', the source said.
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SOURCE: Nigerian Tribune
An unnamed source said though the senators know that it would be an uphill task to secure the 73 senators needed to impeach either Ekweremadu or Saraki, they had decided to strike at a time when APC lawmakers would be in an overwhelming majority on the floor, especially when many PDP senators would have embarked on legislative assignments outside Abuja.
''The deal is that contending forces should lie low for now and allow the Senate to commence its work and for legislative activities to start in earnest. On a day when only a few senators of the PDP are on the floor, the plot would be hatched in such a way that two thirds of those present would be relied upon to impeach the Deputy Senate President.
''There and then, a replacement from the APC lawmakers would be elected and that would condemn Ekweremadu to the courts. The case may not actually end till the end of the eighth Assembly'', the source said.
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SOURCE: Nigerian Tribune
