APC’s Plot To Remove Ekweremadu Will End In Futility

Senator Mao Ohuabunwa has said that the plot by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to remove the deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, will end in futility.

He said that only the Senate that elected Ekweremadu as deputy president had the constitutional powers to remove him.

The senator from Abia North senatorial district dismissed the suggestion that there was a crisis in the Senate or in his party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Ohuabunwa also warned those stoking the crisis in the National Assembly to have a rethink in the interests of the nation.

“The interest of the nation should be paramount in the consideration. Members of the National Assembly were committed to work hard to make Nigeria better for all, irrespective of tribe or religion,” he said.

Meanwhile, Ohuabunwa expressed confidence that his mandate would remain intact.

Reacting to statements by David Onuoha-Bourdex that he would reclaim his mandate, Ohuabunwa said: “Which mandate is he talking about? Is it the one the people have freely given to me.”

Onuoha-Bourdex was defeated as a candidate in the the last Senate election, and is challenging Ohuabunwa’s victory at an election tribunal.

Senator Ohuabunwa expressed confidence in the ability of the tribunal to deliver justice.