The Senate on Saturday dismissed claims of some senators plotting to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio, dismissing such claims as baseless and fanciful.
“Our attention has just been drawn to syndicated satanic verses in a section of the media, of purported and illusory plots of leadership change in the Senate,” said the upper chamber, in a statement by the Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Publicity, Yemi Adaramodu.
According to the statement, the Nigerian Senate stands as a cohesive and close-knit family.
“This imaginative composition is in the realm of the fake and fallacious story of 100m per legislator,” it said.
“It’s apt to note that the 10th Senate, under the leadership of Senator Godswill Akpabio has carried out its Legislative and constitutional duties diligently.”
Adaramodu argued that the Senate successfully approved “life-improving” bills and motions in just under 60 legislative days. He further noted that the screening and confirmation of service chiefs, ministers, and other oversight functions were also accomplished during this time frame.
“We urge the fifth columnists, who operate undoubtedly outside the Senate, desperate to cause disharmony through media stunts and thus clipping the wings of Nigeria’s democracy, to take caution,” the statement continued.
“The Senate should be allowed fresh air to settle down for its national assignments so that the Nigerian project can move forward. The media too, should be discerning not to be used as hand tool to these retailers of fake and bad news.”