The Senate, in a swift
reaction last night, said the two principal officers of the Senate will not
resign, insisting that it was being assaulted by the executive arm of
government in the ongoing trial of its leaders.
The Secretary to the
Government of the Federation, David Babachir Lawal, shared his opinion over the
alleged forgery trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike
Ekweremadu, asking the principal officers of the Senate to resign their
positions.
But Lawal said, yesterday,
that the Senate was not on trial for forgery, but that only the actors in the
alleged act, the Senate President, his deputy and two others being prosecuted.
He also said the honourable
thing for the duo to do was to resign as former Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Salisu Buhari, who was accused of certificate forgery, did.
In a statement he
personally signed, Lawal said the positions of the Senate leaders were
contradictory. He also described their statements as unfortunate, stating that
the Federal Government was not deciding the trial of the duo.
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