Senate president, Bukola Saraki, has
reportedly blocked attempts by his
colleagues to challenge the emergence of
senator Ike Ekweremadu of the Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP).
This action was taken by Saraki during the
plenary session of Wednesday after senator
Kabiru Marafa, one of the leading
supporters of Ahmed Lawan had raised a
point of order where he observed that the
election of Ekweremadu was in breach of
the senate’s standing rules.
Marafa noted that senate rules, as passed
in 2011 indicates that an election into any
of the presiding offices in the red chamber
shall be by division whereby senators
supporting one candidate will be on one
side, as those supporting another
candidate will be on the other side, and not
by secret ballot when two contestants are
vying for any of the positions.
But the senator is arguing that the election
that brought Ekweremadu into office was
contrary to the provisions of the rules and
demanded an explanation from the
president on when the rules were amended.
Saraki swiftly ruled him out of order, while
also citing the senate rules that if a matter
on presiding officer’s election has been
decided, there can be no further inquiry into
it.
PM News reports revealed that although
Ekweremadu was elected on the platform
minority PDP, he took advantage of the
absence of members of majority All
Progressives Congress (APC) to emerge as
the deputy senate president when the 8th
National Assembly was inaugurated on
June 9.
The senate president, it was suggested,
ceded the position of the deputy senate
president to the opposition in a bid to
garner the total support of the PDP
members of the Senate when his party
refused to support his bid to lead the upper
chamber.
Saraki reportedly rejected attempts by an
APC senator to read letters sent by some
leaders of the party on the floor of the
house, as he quickly ruled it out of order.


http://www.naij.com/471017-saraki-to-apc-senators-you-cannot-remove-ekweremadu.html

No be small war!

The war is just beginning.

Saraki again!

Saraki should rest assured that , in his reign as senate president, he has forsaken the option of sleeping with both eyes closed; no leader survives with majority of members from his/her own immediate constituent(party in this case) standing in opposition to your leadership.

Eteh with over 50% of the house in her support then, lost out when less than 40% of the house stood for her resignation.

Saraki might not spend 2 days on that seat.

This next 4years iڪ just unpredictable!

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FP pls @ lalasticlala thanks

Buhari will not see 2016.

Apc will be synonymous with the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood before the end of 2015

Nigeria, the slave plantation will be no more by 31st December, 2015.

Buhari will go down as the worst piece of rag to have occupied aso rock

Caseless:
Saraki again!

Saraki should rest assured that , in his reign as senate president, he has forsaken the option of sleeping with both eyes closed; no leader survives with majority of members from his/her own immediate constituent(party in this case) standing in opposition to your leadership.

Eteh with over 50% of the house in her support then, lost out when less than 40% of the house stood for her resignation.

Saraki might not spend 2 days on that seat.

Nigga,calm down.

Saraki is exactly what we need. We don't want the Senate to be controlled from the bedroom of one tinubu.

Saraki for president 2019
Sait buhari till 2019

iykedare:


Nigga,calm down.

Saraki is exactly what we need. We don't want the Senate to be controlled from the bedroom of one tinubu.

Saraki for president 2019
Sait buhari till 2019

that does not mean one should disrespect his party.

"if a matter on presiding officer’s election has been decided, there can be no further inquiry into it"- Saraki

Saraki should start carrying the mace to wherever he's going including the toilet because the Apc senators will strike one day & he'll become ordinary member. There will be no peace of mind for him

Caseless:
Saraki again!

Saraki should rest assured that , in his reign as senate president, he has forsaken the option of sleeping with both eyes closed; no leader survives with majority of members from his/her own immediate constituent(party in this case) standing in opposition to your leadership.

Eteh with over 50% of the house in her support then, lost out when less than 40% of the house stood for her resignation.

Saraki might not spend 2 days on that seat.

Always ranting as usual.Instead of you to call your brothers suicide bombing everywhere with a reckless abandon, you are here posting irrelevancies.

Caseless:
Saraki again!

Saraki should rest assured that , in his reign as senate president, he has forsaken the option of sleeping with both eyes closed; no leader survives with majority of members from his/her own immediate constituent(party in this case) standing in opposition to your leadership.

Eteh with over 50% of the house in her support then, lost out when less than 40% of the house stood for her resignation.

Saraki might not spend 2 days on that seat.

This is July 07 ... he has spent more than two days and na so U go dey look till he spend am reach 2019.

Saraki knows he is not gonna sleep for the next four years and he has not been sleeping since the last 12 years . That is why he could become the Senate President over some guys and their leaders who went to sleep and watch Television in ICC.

Pikin wey talk say ihm mama no go sleep ni , ihm self shall never see rest .....

Ok

Bukola,whose side are you on? With Saraki's kind of attitude,I don't need a friend.

Thank goodness @ Saraki for that. Sen. Ike Ekweremadu didn't put himself there. He was elected by his colleagues in the senate. If that Tinubu layalist cum group feels he shudnt be there, then, they shud try and impeach him if they hav the numbers to do so. Yeye D̶̲̥̅̊ε̲̣̣̣̥γ̲̣̣̥ smell.

In Saraki we trust.
In PDP we believe.

jammani:
Ok

alright