The Nigeria Police have
concluded their probe into the forgery of the Senate Standing Order and given a
copy of the report to President Muhammadu Buhari, according to Punch
The President received
a copy of the report last week, a highly reliable source in the presidency told
Punch on Saturday.
The Police report
confirmed that the Standing Rules used to inaugurate the 8th Assembly were
forged, the source said.
In the report, the
Police recommended the prosecution of those found culpable of forging the
orders, which had been used in the controversial election of the Senate
President, Senator Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on
June 9, 2015.
The report was said to
have indicted the management of the National Assembly, especially the Clerk,
Salisu Maikasuwa and recommended the prosecution of the suspects.
Acting on a petition by
Senator Sulaiman Hunkuyi (All Progressives Congress, Kaduna State), the Police
had on July 6 quizzed Ekweremadu and Maikasuwa over an alleged forgery of the
standing orders.
The petition alleged
that some parts of the 2015 Senate Orders were different from the one ratified
by the 6th Senate in 2010, which was used by the 7th Senate, as Standing Orders
2011.
The Police, on the
strength of the petition, had subsequently quizzed the leadership of the 7th
Senate, including former Senate President, Senator David Mark; his deputy (now
Saraki’s deputy), Ike Ekweremadu; former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba; and
the former Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Ita Enang.
The Clerk to the
National Assembly, Maikasuwa, who is the custodian of the Senate Standing Order
was also invited for questioning by the police.
According to the
source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, the Inspector-General of
Police, Mr. Solomon Arase, handed over copy of the investigative report to
Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja last Sunday.
- Punch
If true too bad
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