There was a mild drama at the Senate on
Tuesday over the National Executive Council meeting of the All
Progressives Congress held in Abuja.
Members of the minority Peoples
Democratic Party mocked the APC over the current crises in the ruling
party at the national level and in some states.
The Majority Leader, Senator Ahmad Lawan, had moved that the plenary be adjourned for the APC NEC meeting.
Lawan said, “Today, the All Progressives
Congress, the ruling party, the APC, is holding its NEC meeting and it
has already started. As a very time-conscious party, our colleague
senators on this side (majority) are representatives of the chamber, and
because of this I want to plead with all our colleagues here across
party lines to show the understanding
just as we had shown understanding when the minority party, the PDP
senators have to go for congresses or whatever.
“Based on this, Mr. President, very
distinguished colleagues, I move that we stand down all the items on the
Order Paper to another legislative day, to enable our colleagues to
attend the NEC meeting of the ruling party, I so move.”
While saying this, the PDP senators
chorused, ‘All Progressives Crisis,’ forcing Lawan to pause and called
for ‘protection’ from the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike
Ekweremadu, who presided over the plenary.
Seconding the motion, the Deputy
Minority Leader, Emmanuel Bwacha, said, “Before I second the motion, I
want to join my colleagues from the other side sincerely and wish them
safe landing. The number of policemen we have is short because of the
crises. I don’t how many we will dispatch there to supervise (the
meeting). So, Mr. President, having advised as such, I pray that there
will be a safe landing.”
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