Investigations have shown that Senators loyal to the All Progressives Congress, APC’s preferred candidate for the office of Senate President, Ahmed Lawan were responsible for the petition to the Inspector General of Police (IG), Solomon Arase, accusing Deputy Senate President, Peoples Democratic Party PDP’s Ike Ekweremadu of ‘forging’ Senate Rules.
According to Vanguard, the petition which was signed by the Secretary of the group under the aegis of ‘Senate Unity Forum’, Suleiman Hunkuyi (Kaduna North) claimed that several principal officers in the Seventh Senate – Ekweremadu inclusive – in concert with other Senators changed the Senate Standing Orders 2011 As Amended.
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The letter read thus:
“We write to bring to your attention, the existence of the fraudulent introduction of a 2015 Senate Standing Rules, as amended. We wish to attach the original and authentic Standing Order for 2011 that was used by the 7th Senate, Annexure A.
“We again annex Here to a purported amended Standing Orders 2015, which was used by the Clerk to the National Assembly (along with the Clerk of the Senate) in inaugurating the 8th Senate on June 9, 2015, Annexure B.
“The so called new Standing Orders purports to allow for secret instead of the open ballot system that has been prevalent in all Senate elections as permitted by the extant rules.
“This infraction, among others arise from the fraudulent production of the Rules without an approved consideration by the 7th Senate. At no time was the Standing Orders of the Senate amended during the entire life of the 7th Senate neither has the 8th Senate sat for long enough to produce the rules now being circulated and in use.
“We therefore appeal that you use your good offices to investigate and bring to justice all persons who may have been responsible for this fraud which has led to the undue political crises and abnormalities in the politics.
“While you carry out your job in sanitizing the system, please, be assured of our esteemed regards.”
