Senators of the Unity Forum, the group loyal to Ahmad Lawan and the All Progressives Congress (APC), are said to have concluded a plot aimed at unseating the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.

According to Nigerian Tribune, members of the Unity Forum were said to have been further empowered after a recent visit to Aso Rock, where the plot to eventually oust Ekweremadu was discussed.

Sources close to the APC in Abuja, on Sunday, said the senators had decided to lie low on their opposition to Ekweremadu and to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

It was gathered that senators of the Unity Forum believed that the issue of leadership positions was almost settled in the Senate, with Saraki’s decision to resort to zonal caucuses rather than uphold the letter written to him by the APC.

Three of the leadership positions had been filled, while senators from the South-West zone were said to have met and agreed to recommend one of them to Saraki for appointment as majority chief whip.

 

A source said the senators of Unity Forum would rely on two thirds majority of senators on the floor to get at Ekweremadu.

“The deal is that contending forces should lie low for now and allow the Senate to commence its work and for legislative activities to start in earnest.

“On a day when only a few senators of the PDP are on the floor, the plot would be hatched in such a way that two thirds of those present would be relied upon to impeach the Deputy Senate President.

“There and then, a replacement from the APC lawmakers would be elected and that would condemn Ekweremadu to the courts. The case may not actually end till the end of the eighth Assembly,” a source in the know said.

The source added that Saraki would be assured of his position, but firmly told that the only way to plough his way back to reckoning in the APC was to support the plot and sacrifice Ekweremadu.

It was gathered that the group pushing the agenda was mandated to ensure camaraderie returns to the Senate immediately, such that no one would have an inkling of the dangerous plot.