BREAKING; Senate takes decision after Impeachment scare on Godswill Akpabio
On Thursday, senators expressed their support for Senate President Godswill Akpabio by passing a vote of confidence in him. This endorsement follows rumors suggesting that some colleagues were contemplating his impeachment.
The speculation intensified after reports from several online media emerged on Wednesday claiming that the presidency had deployed numerous operatives from the Department of State Services (DSS) to the National Assembly Complex.
These operatives were allegedly sent to prevent senators from fulfilling their constitutional duties and to thwart any efforts to remove Akpabio from his leadership position.
Referencing Orders 10 and 42 of the Senate Standing Rules during a personal explanation, Senator Abdullahi highlighted the recent news publication to the attention of the upper chamber.
He said: “It was reported that senators from the northern part of the country were plotting to impeach the leadership of the Senate led by Akpabio.
“I am a senior member of the Northern Senators’ Forum, and I can assure you that there is no attempt by any caucus among the northern senators to bring discord or any attempt to challenge the unity of what you are doing in the Senate.
“My privilege has been breached. Anyone trying to bring division across any regional line is undermining the progress of our democracy and the capacity of this institution to deliver.
“Therefore, we must rise and get united under the leadership to ensure that this kind of discourse is completely negated so that the kind of unity that we have forged in the last 18 months can be sustained and fully accomplished.
“I rise with you in the sense of your master heart, and I’m sure all of my colleagues also feel the same.
“For us to be characterised as either promoting or supporting or allowing anybody to bring the leadership of this institution down…
“I have never in my life associated with anybody in order to bring or to divide any institution along ethnic or religious lines.
“I think this is the work of some enemies, which should be resisted, and all of us should stand united behind the Senate leadership to make sure that this institution is preserved.”
In response to the allegations, Akpabio firmly rejected the claims, asserting that the Senate remains united.
He said: “On behalf of my brother, the Deputy Senate President, and the entire leadership, I assure you that the unity and the bond existing between us and the Senate will continue.
“No amount of people, no social media will come here to break that bond. I thank you for this, and we are very humbled.
“We are confident in this place; in the coming months and the coming years, we will justify the confidence that you have placed in us. Thank you.”
The presidency also released a statement, clarifying that there are no threats of impeachment against Akpabio.
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