
PDP said the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration and the APC;
This was contained in a statement by the PDP spokesman, Kola Ologbondiyan, which read in part;“having realized that there is no way they can muster the constitutionally required two-third votes of the 109 senators (representing 73 senators), engaged in underhand tactics, including the invasion of the National Assembly, which turned out a disgraceful adventure.”
Even before then, Nigerians were already
aware of moves to use humongous funds to induce lawmakers to trigger
crisis in the National Assembly and pave the way for the removal of
presiding officers.
“Now that they have discovered that there
is no way they can achieve their devious intentions, they have
commenced a war of blackmail, distortions of fact and media trial
against the Senate leadership, which, of course, will end up as another
wasteful venture as Nigerians are aware of the long-drawn desperation of
the Buhari Presidency to annex the legislature.
“Even among the ranks of the depleted APC
senators and members of the House of Representatives, there is a huge
aversion to the underhand tactics being deployed by the Buhari
Presidency and the APC to force out duly elected presiding officers of
the National Assembly.
“As such, such lawmakers are fully
aligned with Nigerians, the PDP and the National Assembly leadership in
the protection of the independence, sanctity and integrity of our
parliament and all democratic institutions in our land.
“It is therefore instructive for both the
Buhari Presidency and the APC to know that there is no way they can
remove the leadership of the National Assembly, particularly the
Senate.”
The main opposition party went on to
caution the Presidency and the APC “to stop overheating the polity with
their outbursts and shed future perverse attempts to circumvent our
rules and constitution, as such will not help them or change the resolve
of Nigerians to vote them out in 2019.”
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