Group Sends Strong Message to Lawan, Omo-Agege, Over Plot To Elect First-Term Lawmaker As Senate President

• The move to install a first-term lawmaker as Senate President is being threatened by a strong action of a group known as Defenders of Constitutional Democracy
• Aliyu Abdullahi, national convener of the group disclosed that his organisation has instituted a suit at a court in Abuja to prevent the plot
• The group further urged Ahmad Lawan, the senate president, and Ovie Omo-Agege, his deputy, to block the move

A group better known as the Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (DCD) has said that there is a move to install a first-term lawmaker as Senate President.

In a statement on Wednesday, May 3rd, Aliyu Abdullahi, national convener of the group, said his organisation has filed a suit at the federal high court in Abuja, to prevent the plot from happening, The Cable reported.

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“We are waiting for a date for the commencement of proceedings,” he said.

By the senate's standing rules and precedents, ranking lawmakers are elected as presiding officers.

The intention of the ranking provision in the constitution is to allow new lawmakers to tap from the knowledge of experienced lawmakers and engender proper legislative processes, which new lawmakers may not be exposed to.

Abdullahi said Ahmad Lawan, the senate president, and Ovie Omo-Agege, his deputy, should block such a move by preventing a “secret” amendment to the standing orders of the upper legislative chamber.

“We want to state categorically that this move cannot stand because it is a clear violation of section 311 of the 1999 (as amended, fifth alteration, No. 8),” he said.

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The All Progressives Congress (APC) dismissed the report that they had made a final decision on the zoning of the leadership of the 10th national assembly.

The ruling party made the dismissal public in its reaction to reports of an acclaimed zoning arrangement going around social media.

Felix Morka, the party's spokesperson, revealed the party's position in a statement on Thursday, April 27.

Tinubu settles for Akpabio, Barau as Senate president, deputy

Legit.ng earlier reported that Bola Tinubu, the president-elect, has settled for Akwa Ibom's senator-elect, Godswill Akpabio, to emerge as the president of the 10th Senate.

Sources revealed that the president-elect asked Senator Jibrin Barau to drop his ambition and take the position of deputy Senate president to enable his administration to start on a good foot.

Barau then agreed to allow a Christian Senate president to emerge in the interest of peace, fairness and equity in the country.

Source: Legit.ng