The Special Adviser to President Muhammadu Buhari on Political Matters, Babafemi Ojudu, has dismissed claims by Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, that the Presidency was plotting to impeach the Senate President, Bukola Saraki.
Ojudu said lawmakers, who converged at the National Assembly yesterday were attempting to “elicit public sympathy.”
The Presidential aide, who was at the National Assembly said the lawmakers were concerned about budget and next year’s elections and not the alleged impeachment of Saraki.
Recall that operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, had cordoned-off the National Assembly on Tuesday, stopping lawmakers from having access to the complex.
Following the action of the secret police, some lawmakers, however, forced their way into the National Assembly complex in an attempt to scuttle any alleged move to impeach Saraki.
However, Ojudu said the lawmakers were inside, “holding (a) meeting and even drinking whiskey”.
Featuring on Channels television, the Presidential aide said, “It was the height of it” for the DSS to barricade the complex “whereas some lawmakers were in there, holding (a) meeting and even drinking whiskey”.
“There were photos of the PDP lawmakers, about 30 of them – a mixture of senators and reps – where they sat down at the lobby, drinking whiskey.
“I was asked to go and find out what was happening at the National Assembly. I got there at about 11am and I found about 25 or 30 lawmakers of the PDP sitting down at the lobby and I didn’t see anything (regarding the rumoured impeachment plot).
“When this was happening, they were on their normal caucus meeting. No single member of the APC was at the premises of the National Assembly.
“I spoke to some of the senators yesterday on what the meeting was about and they were concerned and worried about the president’s budget; they were concerned and were asking ‘what do we do?’ If things continue this way, there may be no election next year.”
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