Supervising Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Senator Ahmed Makarfi, has described as ridiculous, the trial of Deputy Senate President and Ike Ekweremadu for alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules.

Makarfi in a statement by his spokesperson, Prince Dayo Adeyeye, described the prosecution as inexcusable in a democracy. He pointed out that the ruling party had no right morally or constitutionally to be displeased with Ekweremadu’s emergence as deputy president of the Senate.

Makarfi said that the Senate is a different arm of government and warned the federal government to stop tampering with its activities.

The statement reads:

“The APC as a party, and through its chieftains, including President Muhammadu Buhari before his election, had variously and robustly ‎defended the constitutionality and imperativeness of bi-partisan ‎legislative leadership during the defection of the former speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, to their fold while in ‎opposition without relinquishing his position.

“We, therefore, invite the APC-led federal government to tell the world ‎why bi-partisan leadership in the legislature was good in the instances ‎of Tambuwal as well as the Benue and Plateau assemblies, but an ‎abomination in the case of Senator Ekweremadu.

“We consider APC’s stance on Ekweremadu and his continued persecution on ‎this account as the height of duplicity, intolerance, unwarranted and inexcusable executive excesses in a democracy.

“More so, unlike APC’s rancorous opposition in parliament in the recent past, the PDP lawmakers, including Senator Ekweremadu, have provided a very responsible opposition, supporting the government and overlooking ‎its serial fumbles. Ekweremadu is not APC’s stumbling block.”