The Peoples Democratic Party has advised the All Progressives Congress to concentrate on governance rather than plot to remove Deputy President of the Senate. Ike Ekweremadu.
The Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the party, Alhaji Abdulahi Jalo, said this in a telephone interview with Punch newspapers on Wednesday, July 8.
Jalo said the PDP should not be blamed for the decision of the ruling APC, to call for a meeting outside of the National Assembly Complex on the morning of the inauguration.
He said, “Those seeking to harass, intimidate or trying to remove Senator (Ike) Ekweremadu from the position of Deputy Senate President, are engaging in what we call an enterprise in futility because he was validly elected by his colleagues as stipulated in their rules.
“On the allegation that the rules were illegally amended, the question Nigerians should ask is, is it possible for one man to change the rules one hour to the inauguration? Where was the amendment printed?
“The little I know about the Senate is this: when every senator is sworn in, he is given a copy of the Senate Rule Book and the constitution, who prepares the document or how it is prepared is not the business of the senators.”
