One time Senate President, Senator Adolphus Wabara revealed
how he broke into tears after watching the last time the current Senate
President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu arraigned
for alleged forgery of the Rules of the Senate along with two others by the
Buhari led federal government.
Senator Wabara made this known to a delegation of the Board
of Trustees of the Peoples Democratic Party, led by its Chairman, Senator Walid
Jibril, when they paid him a courtesy visit.
According to him, “The last time the two Presiding Officers
went to court, as I watched on television, I was moved to tears. The court was
on vacation, and no one had the courtesy of informing them before hand.
“The time they would have used to attend to the nation’s
task, was wasted, going to court. It is high time the executive realized that
the era of executive interference was over.”
While speaking to them, he lamented that unlike before, the
other 14 South East Senators were not interested in the seat of the Deputy
President of Senate, but were rather behind Ekweremadu, just as the
overwhelming number of Senators was solidly behind Saraki and Ekweremadu’s
leadership.
Noting that the unity of purpose of the lawmakers was one
big lesson the executive should learn, he stressed that the era of executive
interference in legislative business was over given the spirit of support among
Senators.
In his word, he stressed that “I speak as a victim of
executive interference in the legislature. During our own time, there was not
the kind of unity being exhibited by the Senators today. I want to commend and
salute you all for that”.
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