Nigerians Must Rally Around Saraki, Senate, Says Nwaoboshi

Senator Peter Nwaoboshi has said the present situation at the National Assembly should encourage Nigerians to support the Senate in its current faceoff with the Executive in the interest of democracy in Nigeria.

He also noted that both chamber soft he Assembly are capable of resisting the emergence of a dictator in the governance of the country.

Nwaoboshi, who represents Delta North Senatorial District in the Senate, made the assertion while fielding questions from news men in A saba, and stressed that the face-off between the Executive and the Legislature was one that border son resistance against dictatorial tendencies of the Executive arm of government.

He stressed that all well- meaning Nigerians and genuine lovers of democracy should rally around the Senate under the leadership of Saraki to checkmate the country from gradual relapse into dictatorship of the past. Specifically, he argued that the trial of national legislators, particularly those opposed to the dictatorial attitude of the Executive arm of government, was“clearly politically motivated .”

Nwa ob os hi described as preposterous the attempt to rope in the Senate President with allegation of sponsorship of armed robbery in a state where he (Saraki),was governor for eight years.