The Tribunal had on Friday issued the order for Saraki’s arrest for failing to honour its invitation
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Saraki is at present facing corruption charges before the Code Conduct Tribunal, a development many have attributed to his failure to resolve the lingering crisis in the Senate
The statement by Garba Shehu, the Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari, said there is no place in law that the Bureau and the Tribunal should take instructions from any quarters
Saraki made the disclosure when he paid a courtesy visit on Governor Kashim Shettima of Borno State in Maiduguri
The President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday announced former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio,…
The Kwara State chapter of the PDP had on Sunday said it originated the petition that led to Toyin’s invitation by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
Emefiele, who paid a courtesy visit to the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, frowned at the way and manner officials of the past administration granted import waivers to their cronies and friends on various products such as rice and sugar
The alteration of the Senate rules, which resulted in the emergence of Dr. Bukola Saraki as the President of the Senate and Ekweremadu as his deputy, has led to a crisis in the Senate
Addressing newsmen in Abuja on Sunday, the PDP National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh, said specifically that the Deputy Senate President and a member of the party, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, has been under harassment from security agencies
Odigie-Oyegun made the denial when the leadership of the South East, South South Professionals paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja on Thursday
The President was also quoted to have said during his meeting with the House members that his expectation was that Dogara and the President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, should have deferred to the party being products of the system
Odigie-Oyegun had written the National Assembly on the nomination of its principal officers
The senators, who are loyal to Senator Ahmad Lawan, alleged that ahead of the election of the Senate president, which was held on June 9, some officials of the National Assembly injected another clause into the Senate rules
This was at the swearing-in of senators-elect who were not at Tuesday’s inauguration by Senator Saraki
The party stated its position in a statement on Tuesday
Saraki was pronounced the Senate president on Tuesday by the Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasua
This is coming ahead of the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly by President Muhammadu Buhari.
The meeting, which will precede the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly is, obviously, the last attempt by the leadership of the APC to paper the cracks in the party ahead of the election of principal officers of the Assembly
This position was contained in a statement late on Monday by the PDP
The APC has become divided over the primaries for the leadership of the National Assembly