SENATE FORGERY: FG TO ARRAIGN SARAKI, EKWEREMADU JUNE 27

signed by its leader, Hon. Leo Ogor, also accused the AGF of blatant impunity and a grand design to undermine the legislature since his appointment.

It described the lawsuit filed against Ekweremadu, who is the highest political office holder of PDP extraction, Saraki, Maikasuwa and Efeturi as an embarrassment.

The Senate and House Standing Rules have always been produced by each chamber, the caucus said, adding: “Ekweremadu ceased to be a senator from 4th of June 2015 when the 7th Senate adjourned sine die, until he was inaugurated alongside other members of the 8th Senate on 9th June 2015.

“We wonder how the production of the Senate Order issued for the inauguration was his business.”

The caucus further noted that it was equally instructive that Ekweremadu and the Senate President were not accused or mentioned by senators who petitioned the police.

The caucus challenged the AGF to explain how Saraki and Ekweremadu came to be included in the lawsuit or how “a legal practitioner of his ranking preferred criminal charges against presiding officers of the National Assembly without according them fair hearing”.

Also, the South-east Caucus in the House said the lawsuit filed against Ekweremadu had revealed the intention of the All Progressives Congress (APC) to shut out the region from substantive positions in this government at all cost.

In a statement signed by its leader, Deputy Minority Leader, Hon. Chukwuka Onyema, the caucus accused the government of divisiveness, marginalisation, exclusion and palpable hatred for the people of the region.