2019: WHY I WAS REMOVED AS NORTHERN SENATORS’ FORUM CHAIRMAN – PRO-BUHARI SENATOR
2019:
WHY I WAS REMOVED AS NORTHERN SENATORS’ FORUM CHAIRMAN – PRO-BUHARI SENATOR
Senator Abdullahi Adamu
A senator, Abdullahi Adamu, who was removed as chairman Northern
Senators’ Forum has denied allegation he mismanaged funds belonging to the
group.
Mr.
Adamu’s removal was announced in a letter read by the presiding officer, Ike
Ekweremadu, shortly before the end of the plenary on Wednesday.
The letter
signed by the forum’s Public Relations Officer, Dino Melaye, noted that Mr.
Adamu was removed for ‘financial mismanagement and misadministration.’
Shortly
after the announcement, Shehu Sani (Kaduna-APC), who is a member of the forum,
alleged that Mr. Adamu and other executive members mismanaged about N70 million
belonging to the group.
Mr. Adamu,
who also attacked ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo for criticising President
Muhammadu Buhari, has however denied this allegation.
In an
interview with Channels, Mr. Adamu said the allegation was raised against him
because he rejected the passage of election sequence by the senate.
The senator
on February 14 led nine other senators to oppose the Senate passage of the
amendment to the electoral act.
Mr. Adamu
(Nasarawa-APC), questioned the conduct of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki,
in the passage process.
He said he
would stand by his decision and “resist any decision the Senate takes regarding
his position.”
One of the
dissenting senators, representing Delta Central Senatorial district, Ovie
Omo-Agege on Wednesday preempted being sanctioned by the senate leadership.
He apologised to his colleagues over his comment criticising the reordering of
the election, a move pundits aver depicts rising cases of muzzling of
dissenters in the Senate.