The party said its attention was drawn to a statement credited to Senator Kabiru Marafa in which he advised Ekweremadu to defect to the APC in order to retain his position
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Ndume’s removal was announced on Tuesday when he left the plenary session of the Senate to pray at the National Assembly mosque
Studies have shown that fear of persecution is one of the reasons for the phenomenon of ‘sit-tightism’ among African leaders in Africa. It also explains why some of us have been consistently against efforts to demonize or humiliate former President Jonathan who helped to avert bloodshed in the country by conceding defeat after losing in the March 2015 presidential election
He also identified poverty as the reason a lot of Nigerians die of preventable diseases
The warning was contained in a statement issued by Ekweremadu’s Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, on Tuesday in Abuja
Ekweremadu, in a statement signed by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche Anichukwu, said the days of oil as super foreign exchange earner for the nation were numbered or probably over
The screening is coming six months after the Presidency forwarded a letter to the Senate seeking Manu’s confirmation as EFCC chairman
Ekweremadu said: “Eight years ago all development projects in this area were done by the federal and local governments, but we now have a governor that is ready to work for our people
The Governors made their position known during the National Economic Council meeting in Abuja on Thursday
Ekweremadu gave the advice during plenary when the Senate debated the way out of the country’s economic recession
Ekweremadu, who frowned at the incessant attacks in Igboland and some other parts of Nigeria by suspected herdsmen, called on affected states to pass legislations restricting cattle rearing to modern ranches, while also setting up Forest Rangers to enforce such laws
Abubakar also said instituting the case was is tandem with his constitutional responsibility as the AGF
The senators behind the suggestion are infuriated over the perceived support of Buhari for the case instituted against Saraki and the Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, for forgery of the Senate Rules
The others defendants were the immediate past Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and his deputy, Benedict Efeturi
They were arraigned on Monday before Justice Halilu Yusuf of Court 32 of the Federal High Court, Jabi in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja
Popularly known as the Senate Rules, the Senate Standing Order said to have been forged by Saraki, Ekweremadu and others in the bid to inaugurate the 8th Assembly last year
The accused persons were initially to be arraigned in court on Tuesday (today)
According to the statement, Ekweremadu said he will not be cowed by any attempt to distract him from carrying out his duties as a senator.
The statement said: “The hands of Senator Ike Ekweremadu are clean because he has no business whatsoever with the production of Senate Standing Orders
Ekweremadu, who attributed the failure of the process to non-assent by former President Goodluck Jonathan, explained that the Fourth Alteration Bill successfully scaled through all legislative processes
The Deputy President of the Senate further noted that the country had recorded so much bloodshed in various parts of the country in the past and as such security agencies must apply caution in quelling perceived disturbances in any part of country so as to prevent young men and women from being sent to their untimely graves