They asserted that no individual has been chosen or officially endorsed for the position of minority leader in the Senate.
By Mary Olotu:
A potential confrontation looms between the leaders of the 10th Senate and certain opposition members, as eight opposition senators have raised concerns about an alleged scheme to impose principal officers on the minority caucus of the legislative body.
In a statement issued on Saturday and jointly signed by Mohammed Aliero, Seriake Dickson, Aminu Tambuwal, Abdul Ningi, Patrick Abba Moro, Onyebuchi Ezenwa, Sumaila Kawu, and Ifeanyi Ubah, the senators expressed their awareness of a plan to impose a “compliant and compromised leadership” on the minority caucus.
They asserted that no individual has been chosen or officially endorsed for the position of minority leader in the Senate.
“We have pledged to work constructively with the new senate leadership and the executive branch to deliver good governance to the Nigerian people,”
“We consequently hereby advise and caution that they should not aid any group inside or outside the senate to divide and destabilise the minority parties and the senate institution.
“Senators of the minority parties would meet when the senate reconvenes and in consultation with our respective political parties, would select its leaders without undue interference from anti-democratic forces within or outside the senate.
“For the avoidance of doubt, no senator has yet been endorsed or selected for any minority position as this would await due process as agreed by all minority parties in their last meeting.
“Attempts to foist a one-party dictatorship would be resisted and would fail. We call on all members of the minority political parties to work together in unity to defend the democratic institutions of the senate and Nigeria”, the statement reads
