Forgery Suit: Senators Testifying Against Saraki,Ekweremadu to Face Punishment

Some lawmakers lining up as prosecution
witnesses in the senate forgery saga against
Bukola Saraki and Ike Ikweremadu are set to be
persecuted for their actions.

 

Premium Times reports that lawmakers from the
Unity Forum, an anti-Saraki faction who have
volunteered to testify in the Federal High Court in
Abuja against the senate's principal officers in the
ongoing trial over the forgery of the standing rules
may face suspension.

The news emanated yesterday, Wednesday the
13th of July, 2016 following a motion raised by
Senator Dino Melaye which threw a closed door
plenary session into a disarray after a confrontation
by Lagos lawmaker, Remi Tinubu.

Mr. Melaye said the action of senators was
capable of inflicting irreparable damage to the
sanctity and integrity of the National Assembly,
sources present at the closed-door session told
the online newspaper.

Senators Kabiru Marafa, Suleiman Hunkuyi, Ahmed
Lawan, Ajayi Borofice, Gbenga Ashafa and
Abdullahi Gumel are joining other witnesses to
testify against Messrs Saraki and Ekweremadu.

They all opposed the emergence of Mr. Saraki as
president. Mr. Melaye said the only way to instill
discipline amongst senators was to punish those
who tried to do the bidding of the executive at the
expense of the legislature.

The Kogi lawmaker said the only way they could
deflect suspension was for the lawmakers to
cease being a witnesses to the prosecutor and
withdraw their case entirely.

But Mr. Saraki reminded Mr. Melaye that a
committee had already been set up and was
expected to submit its findings to the Senate for
action.

A former senate president, David Mark, who led the
committee that was liaising with the aggrieved
lawmakers, said his report would be completed in
two weeks, sources said.