PRO-BUHARI SENATOR REMOVED AS CHAIRMAN NORTHERN SENATORS FORUM
PRO-BUHARI
SENATOR REMOVED AS CHAIRMAN NORTHERN SENATORS FORUM
Senators under the umbrella of the Northern Senators Forum have
removed Abdullahi Adamu as their chairman.
He was
replaced by Aliyu Wammako, a former Sokoto State governor.
The
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 Public Relations Officer of the forum noted that Mr. Adamu was
removed for “financial mismanagement and other related matters.”
“This is
to inform the Senate that the majority signatories of members of the Northern
Senators Forum. We have removed Sen. Abdullahi Adams as chairman of the
Northern Senators Forum for financial mismanagement and misadministration. We
announce his replacement with Senator Aliyu Wamakko immediately. Find the
attached names and signatories of members,” the letter reads.
The
removal is coming a week after Mr. Adamu led nine others 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.
“We are
part of the whole body of senators who oppose the process by which the
so-called conference report was laid and considered as rushed. I had the
opportunity (to speak), I was heard but the Senate President said my
observation was being noted,” Mr. Adamu had said.
The
lawmaker questioned the Senate’s amendment of the election sequence for 2019.
The amendment if signed into law by President Muhammadu Buhari would see the
National Assembly election coming up first in 2019, followed by state
assemblies and governorship, with the presidential election coming last.
It was also reported how Mr. Adamu on Monday attacked
ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo for publicly criticising Mr. Buhari in an open
letter.
Already, another of the senators who opposed the passage of the
election sequence amendment, Ovie Omo-Agege, is billed to appear before the
Senate ethics committee following his comments that the Senate’s action was
targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari.