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Pro-Lawan APC Senators vow to challenge Saraki’s election

byChinenye Ugonna
June 10, 2015
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The Unity Forum Group, consisting of Senators who supported Ahmed Lawan as the candidate for Senate president, have vowed to challenge the victory of Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu as the president and deputy president of the Senate respectively.

Speaking Wednesday at a news briefing attended by 23 members of the group, the spokesman, Barnabas Gemade, said that constitutional rights cannot be manipulated by an individual.

He explained why members of the group were absent at the election and inauguration of the new leadership Tuesday.

Mr. Gemade said an invitation was received through the office of the National Chairman of the APC, John Oyegun, that President Muhammadu Buhari wanted to have a brief meeting with the APC senators and House of Representatives members before the inauguration of the National Assembly at 10a.m.

“The insinuation in some quarters that we boycotted the election is totally unfounded,” he said.

“As loyal party members, we would take all necessary political and legal means to strengthen our democratic process.

“In an effort to meet up with the inauguration, we rushed to honour the invitation of Mr. President at the International Conference Centre, ICC, when we got news that the Senate president elections had started.

“This process which remains unconstitutional cannot confer legitimacy to the elected Senate President,” he said.

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He added that the decision was taken knowing fully well that the quorum for the election of the Senate President had not been met.

George Akume, representing Benue State, also said that the election cannot be said to have taken place with only 51 senators.

Meanwhile, the group called the Like-Minded senators, whose members supported Mr. Saraki, also held a press briefing.

Dino Melaye representing Kogi State, led the meeting.

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He said President Buhari in his constitutional duty had sent a proclamation that the inauguration at the National Assembly was to commence at 10a.m. on June 9. He wondered how the same president could have called a meeting at that time.

He said there was no official communication that the President wanted to have a meeting with the members.

“If Mr. President wants to meet legislators, the defense house, the village and the banquet halls are there so why ICC.

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“He didn’t attend to anyone in ICC.

“The president has consistently said he does not have a hand in the election and is ready to work with whoever emerges as the Senate President but some people have decided to drop the name of Mr. President.

In addition, he said that a text was sent on Monday for the lawmakers to meet for a meeting with the Vice President in the same venue and no one showed up.

“We waited for the VP for hours but he didn’t show up.

“Having seen that the previous day, you get another text at 7:30am in the morning to meet with at the same venue with the President.

“Do you think anyone who is rational will go for that meeting?

“I want to believe that it was a calculated attempt,” he said.

He said the APC was not polarized or divided but was only experiencing conflict of Interest from different individuals.

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