Punch reports...........
The Chief Whip of the
Senate, Sola Adeyeye has said he was not privy to any meeting targeted at
either compelling Deputy President of the Senate; Ike Ekweremadu to defect to
the All Progressives Congress or be impeached was discussed.
Adeyeye said this while
responding to reporters’ question on the subject at the National Secretariat of
the All Progressives Congress, in Abuja, on Monday.
According to him,
speculations about an impending move against the Deputy Senate President were
at best “just speculations.”
He said, “I am a member of
the APC caucus in the Senate I ‘m aware of the effort of the party that led to
the emergence of Senator Lawan.
“I have never at any
meeting private binary- that is with one person, heard of what you have just
said (plans to remove Ekwerenmadu). It is in the realm of speculations but
speculation is not new to politics.”
Speaking in a similar vein,
the Senate Leader, Ahmed Lawan also denied knowledge of any such plan noting
that he looks forward to working with all Senator irrespective of their
political party affiliations.
He said, “All I know is
that, my colleagues in the Senate APC caucus held a meeting and decided that I
should be made Senate Leader and that happened on Tuesday last week as you all
know.
“We are looking forward to
working together in a very brotherly and fraternal manner with the APC caucus
and indeed with other Senators from other political parties such as the Labour
party and the PDP. I don’t have any idea if anyone is trying to impeach anyone
in the Senate.”
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