Ekweremadu said this on Tuesday during the Senate plenary
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The bill, titled: “Witness Protection Programme (Establishment etc), SB 157,” was sponsored by late Senator Isiaka Adeleke before he died
A similar Bill, which was before the House of Representatives, was rejected on Thursday
The prosecutor, Malik Taiwo, had told the court that the defendant and one Maiwada Adamu, now at large, had given false information to the Inspector General of Police, Special Tactical Squad, Force Headquarters, Abuja on May 26
The Governor spoke on Sunday at a meeting of the PDP
This followed a Point of Order raised by the Chairman, Committee on Customs Excise and Tariff, Senator Hope Uzodinma, at plenary
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, had earlier during plenary alleged that there is an ongoing plot by Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to plant huge sums of money and guns in his guest house in Enugu
Ekweremadu ruled that since the House of Representatives had already commenced investigation into the issue, it should be allowed to conclude it first
Senator Goje had on Wednesday raised the alarm that the 2017 Budget process might be disrupted following the search conducted on his house by the police, during which several documents were taken away
During the raid on the residence of Goje on April 20, 2017, documents said to be vital to the passage of the 2017 Budget were reportedly taken away
The rejection came after the presentation of the report by Chairman of the committee, Senator Kabiru Gaya, at plenary
The Chairman of the committee, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, gave the assurance at a meeting of the committee on Wednesday in Abuja
Ndume was suspended on Wednesday based on the report of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, which accused him of not doing due diligence on two issues he presented during plenary last week
The move was contained in a report submitted to the whole house on Wednesday by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Sam Anyanwu
Melaye was accused on Monday of parading a fake certificate
Ali came in mufti contrary to the directive by the Senate
The Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, announced the deadline to the committees at plenary and urged them to abide by the ultimatum to enable the appropriation committee to put finishing touches to the reports
The Senate also directed the Comptroller-General of the service, Colonel Hameed Ali (retd), to appear before its Committee on Customs and Excise to explain essence of the circular he passed regarding the policy to the Nigerian public
The Customs men were said to have alongside soldiers broken into several shops in the market around 12am
The delegation is to meet the South African Government to address the xenophobic attacks in the country on Africans, especially Nigerians