NASS crisis: Senators received $1m bribe to impeach Saraki, Kwara lawmaker Rafiu Ibrahim alleges

Date: 2018-08-08

Senator Rafiu Adebayo Ibrahim (PDP-Kwara South), has alleged that lawmakers under the aegis of Parliamentary Support Group, were given $1m each to impeach Senate President Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.

The lawmaker said this on Tuesday in an interview with reporters at the National Assembly.

His allegations could, however, not be independently verified, as none of the leading members of the Parliamentary Support Group for Muhammadu Buhari could be reached for comments.

Calls to the mobile telephone numbers of Senators Ovie Omo-Agege and Ali Ndume who are vocal members of the PSG were neither picked nor returned. A response to a text message sent to them was still being expected as at the time of filing this report Ibrahim, who is a member of the pro-Saraki group of Senators, also protested the invasion of the National Assembly by officers of the Department of State Services and the Police.

He said: "I can authoritatively tell you that those senators behind the desecration of the National Assembly collected $1m each to impeach the Senate President and his Deputy. You can quote me anywhere on this."

A prominent member of the Pro-Saraki group, Senator Dino Melaye (PDP-Kogi West) also accused the National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Adams Oshiomhole, of collecting signatures of lawmakers with the aim of effecting a leadership change in the Senate.

Melaye, while briefing his colleagues on the alleged plot by members of the PSG, said, " The chairman of APC is currently meeting with some APC Senators.

"As I speak, we understand he is collecting signatures for the Senate President's impeachment.

"We also understand that after collecting the signatures, they will be proceeding to the National Assembly to carry out their plan.

"We are waiting for them," the lawmaker added.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muhammad Sirajo Aliyu     Ibrahim Mashood     Mubarak Oladosu     Joseph Yemi Ajayi     Charcoal     Students Union Government     Saad Omo Iya     Umar Saro     Abdulrahman Abdullahi Kayode     Abdulfatai Salman Baakini     Oluwarotimi Boluwatife Adenike     Suleiman Alege Kuranga     Omar Gambari     Olaiya Zuberu     Yusuf A. Usman     Jide Oyinloye     Madawaki     Iyabo Adewuyi     Lukman Adeloyin     UNIFEMGA     Ahmed Bayero     Ibrahim Bio     Ahmed \'Lateef     Shaykh Luqman Jimoh     Kwara 2015     Association Of Kwara State Online Media Practitioners     Kwara University Of Education     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Onilu     Road Transport Employers Association Of Nigeria     Isau     TESCOM 2025     Musa Aibinu     Face Masks     Sambo Murtala     Olateju Lukman     Tsaragi-Share     Hijaab     Ilorin Likeminds Foundation     TETFUND     Nigerian Medical Association     Abdullahi G. Mohammad     Igbomina     AbdulRazaq AbduMajeed Alaro     MAI Akande     Edu     Mohammed Tunde-Jimoh     Olaitan Buraimoh     Abdulhakeem Adelaja Amao     Olayinka Olaogun     Onilorin     Afolabi-Oshatimehin Adenike Harriet     Maimunat Oniyangi     Oba Abu     Kayode Ogunlowo     IHS     Ibikunle Ogunleye     Oja-Oba     Kazeem Oladepo     Kwara State Fish Farmers Association     Bello Taoheed Abubakar     Yusuf Ibitokun Sherifat     Adedeji Onimago     Ademola Kiyesola     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Ishola Abdullahi     Durosinlohun Atiku     Hameed Oladipupo Ali     First Lady     Ado Ibrahim     Salmon Babatunde Salmon     Hamza Usman     Omu-aran     Ilorin West     Abubakar Lah     Emmanuel Bello     UNILORIN Alumni Association    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Kwara 2019     Salihu Yahaya     Abdullahi Samari     Kayode Ogunlowo     Saliu Alamoyo     Kaosarah Adeyi     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Rasheed Jimoh     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Muslimah Entrepreneurship Forum     Offorjama     Olatunji Ayeni     Isiaka AbdulRazaq     Ayobami Seriki     Boko Haram     Habeeb Saidu     KWACOBPA     Rashidi Yekini     Albert Ogunsola     Ghali Muhammed     Baba Isale     Gbenga Olawepo     ITP     Adesina Simon Sodiya     Abdulrazaq Solihudeen     Ile Arugbo     Aishat Sulu-Gambari     Radio SBS     Kwara State Football Association     Special Agro-Industrial Hub     Ibrahim Issa Jetti     Salman Jawondo     Omu Aran     Osi     Towoju     Olusola Saraki     Owo Arugbo     Joseph Alex Offorjama     Lanre Badmas     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     ER-KANG Mining Nigeria Company Limited     Ganmo Power Sub-Station     Fatai Adeniyi Garba     Abdulmajeed Abdullahi     Wahab Kunle Shittu     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     Mahmud Ajeigbe     REO CAKES     Justina Oha     Police Commissioner     Abdulrazaq Sanni     Belgore     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Aminat Ahmed     Mutawalle     Ayodele Kuburat Olaosebikan     Babs Iwarere     Aliyu Kora-Sabi     Funke Adedoyin     Jimoh Saadudeen Muhammed     Hauwa Nuru     Aisha Buhari     Yusuf Amuda Abubakar     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Baba Adini Of Kwara State     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Abubakar Usman Jos     Ajase-Ipo     Rotimi Atere     ENetSuD     Olokoba Sulyman     Alapado     Bankole Omishore     Sheriff Shagaya     Abdulfatah Ahmed     Eleyele     LEAH Charity Foundation