Benue State Governor Samuel Ortom said Friday that those plotting to
overthrow the leadership of the National Assembly were enemies of the
country’s democracy.
In a press statement issued by the governor’s spokesman, Terver
Akasa, the governor urged the persons behind the plot to take a close
look at the country’s constitution as well as Senate rules to be
properly guided.
The governor stated that though the election of a President of the
Senate requires simple majority, removing the holder of the office takes
two-thirds of the entire Senate members.
Governor Ortom described the attacks on Senate President Bukola
Saraki, including moves for his impeachment and threats to freeze his
accounts, as unfortunate developments which must be condemned and
resisted by all patriots.
He added that Senator Saraki had demonstrated uncommon capacity to
lead the Senate, pointing out that the Senate President had done nothing
wrong in defecting from the All Progressives Congress to the Peoples
Democratic Party.
Governor Ortom wondered why those who defected from APC become
targets for victimization by Federal Government agencies while those who
move from other political parties to the ruling party are celebrated as
‘saints’.
He called on Nigerians to condemn the wave of impunity prevailing in
the country, in the interest of democracy and nation-building.
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