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| Bukola Saraki (Senate President), Ike Ekweremadu (Deputy Senate President) and Yakubu Dogara (Speaker of House of Reps) |
The leaders of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Nationa Assembly, red chamber have vowed to resist any attempt by the presiding officers of the federal parliament to initiate impeachment proceedings against the president Muhammadu Buhari.
A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues in an interview with one of our correspondents on Saturday, maintained that the President Muhammadu Buhari did not breach the constitution by his action over the suspension of Justice Onnoghen.
He said, “As members of the APC in the National Assembly, we will put the nation’s interest above any parochial or sectional consideration in dealing with the issue.
“However, if anybody wants to start another trouble in the Senate over the issue, we are ready. We have the number; we have the strength because we constitute the majority.
“It’s just that the Senate leadership wants to play to the gallery, otherwise, I don’t see the same leadership that accused the judiciary of meddling in its affairs now moving against the President for fighting corruption in that arm of government.”
A former Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues in an interview with one of our correspondents on Saturday, maintained that the President Muhammadu Buhari did not breach the constitution by his action over the suspension of Justice Onnoghen.
He said, “As members of the APC in the National Assembly, we will put the nation’s interest above any parochial or sectional consideration in dealing with the issue.
“However, if anybody wants to start another trouble in the Senate over the issue, we are ready. We have the number; we have the strength because we constitute the majority.
“It’s just that the Senate leadership wants to play to the gallery, otherwise, I don’t see the same leadership that accused the judiciary of meddling in its affairs now moving against the President for fighting corruption in that arm of government.”
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