Bukala Saraki and Ekeremadu To Appear Before A High Court In Abuja For Case Of Forgery.

Senator  Saraki and Ekeremadu.

The Nigeria Senate has been on fire since on Monday that the senate leadership was allegedly accused by the presidency for forgery.

However, the media committee head of the senate has rightly said that any attempt for the federal government to involve in the activities of the senate will amount to a serious distraction of the responsibility of the senate.

But today, from news, according to Punch News paper, the senate head and the clerk has been arraigned in a high court in Abuja for same case.


In other news, The Punch reports that Bukola Saraki, the Senate president; Ike Ekweremadu, his deputy, and others accused of forgery of the Standing Rule of the Senate 2015, are to be arraigned before a Federal Capital Territory High Court on Tuesday (today) barring any last-minute change of plans.

Also, Saraki and Ekweremadu, on Monday, said they had yet to be served the court process concerning the suit instituted against them by the federal government. In June 2015, Saraki, Ekweremadu, a former clerk to the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and his then deputy, Benedict Efeturi, were charged with two counts of criminal conspiracy and forgery of the Standing Rules used for the leadership election of the presiding officers of the Senate.

The federal government said the offence of conspiracy was punishable under Section 97 (1) of the Penal Code Act; and offence of forgery with “fraudulent intent” punishable under Section 364 of the same law. Daily Sun reports that Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, the national chairman of the All Progressives Congress said the party would investigate the forgery allegation.

 According to him, the allegation of forgery should also be considered very important. He said: “At this stage, l don’t think there is anything to say. In fact, everything is still a guess work. Nobody has said yes or have they been arrested or asked to make statement or whatever. As a party we do not think it is part of our business to interfere in judicial matters of that nature.

 We will just wait and see as we are even making investigation to be sure that is the situation.” Ekweremadu noted that it was a fresh attempt to witch-hunt him, adding that he was not scared of the fresh suit.