Forced Amaechi’s confirmation as minister PDP Senators stage walkout.

At the end of yesterday’s confirmation of ministerial nominees earlier screened by the Senate with the President, Olubukola Saraki presiding, it dawned on lawmakers of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP they had been taken on a ride by the former and dumped when it mattered most to their aggregate democratic image.

In his many battles during his short stay as Senate President so far, Saraki had managed to stabilise in office and garner all the courage he needed in the face of opposition to his emergence as chairman of the 8th National Assembly last June 9.

The All Progressives Congress, APC Senator was elected unopposed with 57 lawmakers present voting for Saraki, while 51 were absent. Of note was the fact that his emergence had the solid, total and complete imprimatur of the opposition PDP senators. The development which irked his party that had positioned Ahmed Lawan as Senate President attracted problems for Saraki.

Thus, when on September 22, he was to appear at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT on an alleged fraudulent declaration of his assets way back when he was Kwara state governor, it was clear his party was out to frustrate him out of office. But his solace had always been in the PDP colleagues who rallied support for him.

Also on October 22, 2015 when he re-appeared at the CCT, no fewer than 81 senators made up of the largely PDP membership of the Upper Legislative House trooped to the trial with their embattled leader. While all the drama lasted, many observers concluded that the suddenness of Saraki’s trial at CCT was designed by the leadership of the ruling party to compel him to toe its position, vacate office for Lawan even as PDP’s Ekweremadu who is the current Deputy Senate President should return to his minority fold in the legislature.

The development at the Senate yesterday which saw Saraki dumping the wish of his PDP support base to set aside their known rules to clear former Rivers state governor, Rotimi Amaechi against the recommendations of its Ethics Committee which advised that the matter be kept in view, many lawmakers concluded last night, was a clear indication that the Senate President has left the PDP senators mid stream.

The confirmation exercise had the trapping of a chess game with a charged atmosphere a result of disagreement between All Progressives Congress, APC and Peoples Democratic Party, PDP senators on the confirmation of the Rivers State nominee, Rotimi Amaechi which had forced the senators to resort to over an hour closed door executive session.

Despite efforts to resolve the issue, the PDP senators, led by the Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, staged a walkout when Amaechi was to be eventually confirmed as the APC senators snubbed the recommendations of the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions. The committee had in its report on an investigation of a petition written against Amaechi’s ministerial nomination by Livingstone Wechie on behalf of other petitioners from Rivers State, recommended that the Senate should not confirm his nomination on the grounds of his litigation in court and that of the petitioners over issues raised in the petition.

The committee recommended thus: “That since the ministerial nominee had gone to the Court of Appeal , to challenge the content of the petition and the white paper of the judicial commission of inquiry, the Senate is unable to recommend the consideration of his confirmation. “That the senate do consider and adopt the recommendation as proposed by the committee”.

But the Senate through a motion moved by the Senate Leader, Mohammed Ali Ndume ( APC Borno South), moved in the direction of killing the report without any debate which ignited uproar from the PDP senators.

Ndume who predicated his motion on one of the findings/ observations made in the report, said since all allegations levelled against Amaechi are before a competent court of jurisdiction, the senate should in line with its own rule ( Order 41(7) , ignore the report but confirm Amaechi as Minister like the 17 others earlier confirmed. Through a motion the minority leader, Godswill Akpabio, refused to second when called upon by the Senate President to do so.

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Not yet use and dump,

Saraki still have big political war to fight, and they PDP senators are his solace.

after then, you can now tell me, they are use and dump.

but definitely not now.

PDP being used since APC was formed.

He should just go to PDP where he truly belongs, i see them giving him their presidential ticket in 2019! Jokers!

Lol





Saraki the wise Man

Saraki has always belong to nobody

PDP, the Mugulicious party of our time.

he tried

In my own observations/findings the following sets of people were used and dumped by :
Firstly, the opposition PDP senators,
Secondly, Wike and his faceless group by proxy and

Lastly, the ever wailing e-warriors on nairaland that were willing to be an eternal 'Abobaku' to Sen. Saraki.

The enigmatic Sen Ali Ndume should be commended for the roles he has played as the majority leader during the ministerial screening and confirmation, he was the true face that abridged the warring interest of the APC senators.

Finally, Sen Saraki was impressive amidst divided interest and need commendations, I will appeal to the leadership of the APC to see Saraki as the biblical prodigal son who have come to his senses and return home. The should tell him to go and sin no more.
Meanwhile, he should go and defend himself before the CCT.

Does PDP guys no get sense na

PDP senators are mumu.
Was Chukwudi44 also used and dumped?

Saraki just taught those PDP a lesson titled ;
'How to use and dump a hypocritical allies'.. Part ll

They are abobakus na. Read tonye epistle on it.
Saraki can never join pdp same way a delta,rivers politician couldnt have joined apc when pdp was in power. Saraki zone of north and west is apc and going to pdp would make him loose support frm these people. PDP SHOULD GET USED TO THAT, i wonder if the novice minority leader cant read that stand of saraki. Saraki would rather beg, and negotiate with apc

Well the journey ain't over... So their use of "dump" there is ambiguous!

Saraki is a smart politician

How can he use and dump PDP when we all know Saraki needs PDP more than PDP needs him?

I hope the man knows what he is doing? Politics is a dirty game

Hope he is ready sha

Like he bleeped pdp and refused to pay

Eyaaa...sorry PDP, I know how the feeling will be by now. You can imagine been dumped by your boyfriend after washing his clothes, cleaning the room and cooking his food, not minding the different styles you risk your life just to satisfy him.... Gone are those far days menhhhhh

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This is getting more interesting!

PDP senators re goners. So u expect him to do ur bidding since u supported his evil acts against party? What kind of people re ruling us in Nigeria. No matter how it goes, he must not go against the wish of his party once again cos the gravity of his first sin is still on him.

Politics is dirty. Everyone looks out for his own interest

well lets see him come out unscathed first.

Nothing like use and dump here, those legislooters are "Super Rich" with the stolen wealth, while the Nigerian masses are suffering.

We should stop supporting any of this looters and ask they return our looted fund in their custody.

In politics just like what is obtainable in the international arena,interest comes first,so this kind of occurence is very normal in any political atmosphere,it should not come as a surprise to any keen observer of nigeria politics.