Confusion In Senate Following The Sack Of Senator Abdullahi Adamu

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Confusion In Senate Following The Sack Of Senator Abdullahi Adamu

Senator Abdullahi Adamu

There is unrest in the Senate following the unceremonious removal of the Chairman of the Northern Senators’ Forum, Senator Abdullahi Adamu. The incident forced a member of the Forum, Senator Ali Wakil  to dissociate himself from the removal of Adamu on Thursday.

Adamu was sacked as Chairman of Northern Senators’ Forum on Wednesday following a letter signed by the Publicity Secretary of the Forum, Dino Melaye, alleging financial misconduct.

Wakil told the Senate that the meeting of the Forum was never called to discuss the sanction or removal of anybody.

He said some of them watched in disbelief the announcement of Adamu’s removal. The lawmaker came short of saying the removal was done in bad faith.

He said: “I was not here yesterday (Wednesday) but I saw it in the papers and television when you (Deputy Senate President) announced the removal of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the leader of the Northern Senators’ Forum.

“Your Excellency I come from the north and I am active member of the Northern Senators’ Forum. At no time have we met and put to question any of the leaders of the Northern Senators’ Forum.

“It was brought to this place and it was announced and some of our colleagues went to the Press Centre and made statements that referred to some of us as monkeys.

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"Shehu And I Are Strategizing On How To Arrest The Monkey That Swallowed Our Money" - Senator Dino

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"Shehu And I Are Strategizing On How To Arrest The Monkey That Stole Our Money" - Senator Dino

Senator Dino Melaye has finally reacted to the reports that a Mysterious Monkey swallowed N70million at a farm, belonging to Northern Senators.

Sen. Dino Melaye shared a photo of himself with Senator Shehu Sani in his Instagram account and captioned it "Shehu and I are strategizing on how to arrest the monkey that stole our money"..

Nigerians are yet to get over the story that a Snake appeared at JAMB office and swallowed N36million , Then this one came in this week.

Poor Monkey, What does it know?

see his post below!

Do Not Treat Dapchi Missing School Girls Like Chibok Girls - Senate Warns FG

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Do Not Treat Dapchi Missing School Girls Like Chibok Girls - Senate Warns FG

Punch Metro has shown that the Senate has warned against treating the Boko Haram attack on Government Girls Technical College, Dapchi, Yobe State, like the case of the Chibok girls.

The warning followed the adoption of a motion at the plenary on Thursday which was moved by Senator Bukar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe East) on the attack, where 94 students were declared missing out of which 48 had been found as of Wednesday night.

Boko Haram had attacked Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, on April 14, 2014, where about 200 pupils were abducted and over half of them had either escaped or released, while others have remained in captivity.

The upper chamber also said there was a “resurgence” of attacks by Boko Haram, which was linked to payment of ransome to the terrorist group.

Granting payers of the motion, the lawmakers unanimously resolved to “condemn the attack on the school and resurgence of the insurgency” and urged the Federal Government to “urgently rescue the girls and not repeat the Chibok girls’ experience.”

Speaking on the motion, Senator Joshua Lidani stated that the Chibok girls incidence should have taught Nigeria the lesson that schools are a major target of the insurgents. He decried that the Federal Government had continued to pay ransome to Boko Haram to secure release of captives, thereby empoweing the terrorist group.

Lidani said, “We have observed of recent that this spate of kidnapping happens whenever Boko Haram members are being severely attacked or are on the run. They devise a means of going to abduct people so that they would negotiate with the Federal Government for ransom.

“It happened with the recent abduction of some University of Maiduguri staff that were on an exploration mission. The government negotiated with them (insurgents) and they got money. Now, they have been empowered. Even on police officers’ wives, the Federal Government went and negotiated with them and they were given money.

“We need to be very proactive in this case because the idea of sitting down and always negotiating and paying ransom; we are empowering Boko Haram to continue to do more. This may not be the end of it because after this, if they have abducted these girls, they will demand ransom and if the ransom is paid, it means they would continue to engage in this.”

Lidani urged President Muhammadu Buhari to do more by visiting the scenes and victims of attacks to show empathy.

Source: PunchNg

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