President Muhammadu Buhari is meeting with 10-man Senate delegation raised to address the ongoing impasse between the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and the Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, over a criminal case involving some suspected cultists.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that members of the Senate delegation included former governors of Nasarawa (Abdullahi Adamu), Gombe (Danjuma Goje) and Akwa Ibom, Godswill Akpabio.
NAN observed that the Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly Matters (Senate), Ita Enang, also accompanied the senators to the meeting with the President.
It would be recalled that the Senate had on May 9 passed a vote of no confidence on the IGP, describing him as “enemy of democracy” over his failure to honour its invitations twice.
Idris, however, asked the Deputy Inspector General of Police (Operations), Joseph Habila, to represent at the Senate.
Saraki on Wednesday also accused the IGP of plotting to implicate him and Governor Abdulfatah Ahmed of Kwara State in a murder case involving some suspected cultists.
The Senate on Thursday raised a 10-man panel to meet with President Buhari over the allegation leveled against the IGP by Saraki.
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By NAN
Muhammadu Buhari, former Nigerian military ruler and presidential candidate for the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC) speaks during an interview with Reuters at a private residence in Lagos February 19, 2011. Buhari, the main opposition candidate in Nigeria's presidential election, said he was optimistic it would be a more credible race than in the past but warned events in north Africa showed people would no longer accept a rigged vote. Picture taken February 19, 2011. To match Interview NIGERIA-BUHARI/ REUTERS/Akintunde Akinleye (NIGERIA - Tags: POLITICS HEADSHOT)
