The
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Sunday claimed that it has uncovered a plot
by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and "the cabal" in the
Presidency to use compromised security agencies and the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) to invite, arrest and detain Senate President, Bukola
Saraki, and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
The
PDP in a statement by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said
the pressure by the Presidency for the reconvening of the Senate "is out
of a sinister motive" and not for any emergency in the approval of the
budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the 2019
election.
The
party said information available to it showed that contrary to claims by the
APC and the Presidency, INEC submitted the budget to the presidency since February,
2018, only for the Presidency to submit it to the National Assembly in July,
when lawmakers were already going on recess; with a view to enmesh it in a
needless controversy.
"The
fresh plot to detain the two presiding officers is part of renewed design to
keep them out of circulation, ahead of Senate resumption, so as to enable the
heavily induced APC senators, who are now in the minority, to throw up two of
their members as Senate President and Deputy Senate President respectively on
the excuse that Saraki and Ekweremadu failed to show up for proceedings in the
Senate.
"The
PDP notes that the new plot to cage Saraki and Ekweremadu, in devilish rehash
of the Tuesday July 24, 2018 hostage-taking and invasion of their official
residences by security agencies is coming after the August 7, 2018 failed
attempt to use security forces to take control of the leadership of the Senate.
"Apart
from plots to arrest and detain Saraki and Ekweremadu, the PDP has also been
made aware of plans to use the EFCC and security forces to clamp down on their
family members, including their wives and siblings as well as close associate,
all in the effort to weaken their resolve.
"Moreover,
investigations by the PDP further confirm that the insistence of the APC-led
Federal Government on the emergency reconvening of the National Assembly,
ostensibly to consider INEC’s budget for the 2019 election, is part of APC’s
thicker plot to execute their premeditated ‘coup’ on the leadership of the
Senate.
"Furthermore,
the PDP counsels Acting President Yemi Osinbajo to stop acting saint, as
Nigerians are aware that he is part and parcel of the actors behind
the sordid developments playing out in the National Assembly,"
the party said.
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