The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has alerted
of moves by some unnamed agents of the
Presidency to bribe senators of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) extraction to protect
President Muhammadu Buhari from imminent
parliamentary sanctions for alleged constitutional
breaches and gross misconduct.
The main opposition party said in a statement
Sunday that intelligence available to it indicated
that it was for this reason Presidency summoned
all APC senators for a meeting at the Presidential
Villa.
The meeting at the Villa is slated for Monday
night, ahead of the Senate’s planned resumption
on Tuesday.
Spokesman for the PDP, Kola Ologbondiyan, who
signed the statement, said the Presidency was
unsettled by the national and international outcry
that greeted President Buhari’s suspension and
replacement of Justice Walter Onnoghen as the
Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN).
The statement said, “President Buhari is not only
apprehensive that the Senate might sanction him
for violating the constitution and usurping its
statutory duties regarding the handling of issues
related to a CJN, the parliament might also open
an inquest into how President Buhari, who
parades as Mr. Integrity, allegedly procured an
Order from the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT)
upon which he announced the illegal suspension
of the CJN.
“There are reports that the said order is
suspicious and subject to investigation, being not
argued or issued in the open court; following
which a distressed Buhari Presidency now seeks
to corrupt and undermine the Senate.
“The PDP has been made aware of how money
has been moved from the coffers of the Niger
Delta Development Commission (NDDC) to bribe
the APC senators, as well as how each APC
senator has been offered huge sums of money in
foreign currency to engage in heckling during the
session, particularly when the matter is raised.
“However, the PDP wants the APC senators to
note that the issue at hand is not partisan; it is
not even about Justice Walter Onnoghen, but
about nationhood, as well as the protection of our
democracy and constitution from despotism.
“The Buhari Presidency is bent on corrupting our
democratic institutions but Nigerians are
watching the action of our lawmakers at this
critical timeâ€.
Source: thenationonlineng.net/pdp-alleges-plots-bribe-senators-block-sanctions-buhari/
