BREAKING: Tension As Senate, Reps Hold Emergency Joint Closed-Door Session

The Nigerian Senate and House of Representatives has just begin a joint closed session at the Reps chamber.


Reports has it that the session is to discuss the persecution of Nigerian lawmakers by the Executive arm.

The meeting is an outcome of a separate meeting held on Monday by some members of the national assembly to discuss the best way to address the assaults suffered over time by the lawmakers ranging from Senator Dino Melaye, Speaker of the House of Representative, Yakub Dogara to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.

In a meeting that stretched all through the night, some senators proposed that an impeachment move should be commenced against President Muhammadu Buhari.

An insider at the meeting said national assembly leaders in attendance were “very jittery” over the impeachment threat as recent events in the polity “have instilled fear in
them”.

As many as 25 APC senators who were planning to defect to PDP are no longer confident to do so after the series of police actions against their colleagues.

Meanwhile, the PDP has also accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of charging a number of its members to court which it described as politically motivated.

“When we moved the idea of impeaching Buhari at the meeting, you could see that our leaders were not comfortable. They are clearly shaken by the robbery
charge against Saraki,” a senator told journalists.

He teased the “jittery” senators, telling them Buhari would soon come after them whether or not they defected from APC.

“Dino told Ekweremadu (PDP) that he was wasting his time thinking Buhari would pipe down.

He also accused Senator Godswill Akpabio (PDP) of spending money like water to prevent his arrest as if that would solve his problem,” another senator noted.

Some were of the opinion that the best time for the APC senators to defect is now, insisting that public sympathy was with the opposition with the “persecution of those perceived to be politically opposed to Buhari”.