Senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress on Tuesday failed to carry out their threat to impeach the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, once plenary resumes.
After Saraki announced his defection from the APC to the Peoples Democratic Party, a lot of senators elected on the platform of the APC had threatened him with impeachment, chief among who were the Leader of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, and Senator Ovie Imo-Agege.
Lawan had vowed to remove the Senate president while addressing the party’s leadership during the affirmation of the candidature of President Muhammadu Buhari as the standard bearer of the party for the 2019 general election.
He said: “I want Nigerians to know that the number of senators of APC in the Senate remains the largest.
“I want to call the attention of everyone here to the fact that democracy as defined by people, remains government of the majority, where minority will always have their say.
“Now, we have our chamber dominated and occupied by minority leaders.
“They remain minority leaders occupying our positions.
“Those who refuse to follow the part of honour and integrity by exiting; we will send them out with ignominy.”
However, at the resumption of plenary on Tuesday, both Lawan and Omo-Agege failed to carry out their threat.