Deputy Leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) House of Representatives Caucus, Rep. Chukwuka Onyema, has accused three senators, Ali Ndume, Ovie Omo-Agege and Abdullahi Adamu of leading a plot to “Illegaly” impeach the Senate President.
Onyema told journalists on Wednesday, that some All Progressives Congress (APC) senators had perfected plans to impeach Saraki through the back door.
The lawmaker vowed that members of the PDP Caucus were going to keep vigil at the National Assembly complex in order to stop APC senators from sneaking into the Red Chamber to impeach the Senate President.
Onyema called on Nigerians to join PDP members on thier night vigil, saying all lovers of democracy must resist actions that may lead Nigeria into a dictatorship.
Recall that Saraki defected to the main opposition party, on Tuesday, saying he has been alleniated in ruling party, even as the anti-corruption war has been exploited to incite the public against members of the National Assembly.
Onyema said: “The aim of their invading the senate while senators are on recess is to come and sit illegally when everybody is out on recess is to impeach the Senate President.
“We also have it on good authority that they are planning to come back this night and tomorrow morning aided by security forces; our own security forces whose job is to protect the lives of Nigerians.
“They are the ones leading these dissident senators to come and truncate our democracy. We might think they want to take over the senate; that’s not what they want to do.
“They want to truncate this democracy of ours. But we the PDP caucus have decided to stay here to keep vigil and wait to s what’s going to happen tonight and tomorrow night,” the deputy minority leader stated.
“This is not a rape on the National Assembly, it’s a rape on democracy which concerns all of us.
“If we allow this to happen, then we can as well go back to when we use to have a military junta. We also have some information that some policemen have arrived. We want to find out what they are doing here”, he added.
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