The revelation is contained in the report of Senate Committee on Public Accounts chaired by Senator Matthew Urhoghide which was approved by the Red Chamber before proceeding on annual recess.
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A former Governor of Abia State, Orji Uzor Kalu, on Wednesday said the decision on who emerges as the president of the Senate would be taken on the floor of the Red Chamber.
Not fewer than 17 Senators-elect, mostly on the platform of All Progressives Congress, held a strategic meeting in Lagos on Sunday.
Oyo State Governor Abiola Ajimobi’s bid to return to the Red Chamber has failed as he lost Saturday’s election in Oyo South Senatorial District.
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, is on the verge of losing his return bid to the Red Chamber.
Results from three of the four local government areas that make up Kwara Central Senatorial District, where Saraki is flying the flag of the Peoples Democratic Party, as at Sunday evening showed that he is trailing the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, Dr. Ibrahim Oloriegbe, by 33,358 votes.
In Asa Local Government Area, Saraki scored 11,252 votes, while Oloriegbe polled 15,932 votes.
For Ilorin East Local Government Area, the PDP candidate polled 14,654 votes, with Oloriegbe coasting home with 30,014.
In Ilorin South Local Government Area, Oloriegbe scored 26,331 votes to Saraki’s 13,013 votes.
The tally showed the APC candidate has scored a total of 72,277 votes, while Saraki has 38,919.
It is only the results from Ilorin West Local Government that were being expected as at press time.
Ajimobi defeated Dr. Fola Akinosun by 2,659 to 168 votes to seek a return to the Red Chamber, where he represented the state between 2003 and 2007 on the platform of the defunct Alliance for Democracy.
Ajadi, who was in the red chamber from 1999 to 2003 on the platform of defunct ANPP, expressed his optimism while fielding questions from the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday in Abuja.
Until his death, Bukar, 63, represented Katsina North Senatorial District in the Red Chamber and was Chairman Committee on Capital Market.
Relying on Orders 14 and 15 of Senate Standing Rules, Nwaoboshi said that the allegation affected the privilege and integrity of the Senate.
The group in a statement signed by Rotimi Ajibulu and Adebukola Ebenezer, said Okun residents in Lagos are very happy with the process, insisting that Melaye had been a bad ambassador of the Okun people.