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You Can't Remove Saraki, Ekweremadu, PDP Dares APC, Presidency



The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has asked the President Mohammadu Buhari Presidency and the All Progressives Congress, APC to come to terms with the reality that they lack the legislative number to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki and Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu.

The PDP said the APC and Presidency lack the constitutional facilities to even call for their resignation.

A statement Friday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said the "Buhari Presidency and APC, having realized that there is no way they can muster the constitutionally required two-third votes of the 109 senators (representing 73 senators), engaged in underhand tactics, including the invasion of the National Assembly, which turned out a disgraceful adventure".

"Even before then, Nigerians were already aware of moves to use humongous funds to induce lawmakers to trigger crisis in the National Assembly and pave the way for the removal of presiding officers.

"Now that they have discovered that there is no way they can achieve their devious intentions, they have commenced a war of blackmail, distortions of fact and media trial against the Senate leadership, which, of course,  will end up as another wasteful venture as Nigerians are aware of the long-drawn desperation of the Buhari Presidency to annex the legislature.

"Even among the ranks of the depleted APC senators and members of the House of Representatives, there is a huge aversion to the underhand tactics being deployed by the Buhari Presidency and the APC to force out duly elected presiding officers of the National Assembly.

"As such, such lawmakers are fully aligned with Nigerians, the PDP and the National Assembly leadership in the protection of the independence, sanctity and integrity of our parliament and all democratic institutions in our land.

PDP noted that it was instructive for both the Buhari Presidency and the APC to know that there is no way they can remove the leadership of the National Assembly, particularly the Senate.

PDP cautions the Presidency and the APC to "stop overheating the polity with their outbursts and shed future perverse attempts to circumvent our rules and constitution, as such will not help them or change the resolve of Nigerians to vote them out in 2019", the statement read.

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