Senator Ben Murray-Bruce has hit out at critics, who lambasted
lawmakers who voted for immunity for legislators in the course of their
duty.
Murray-Bruce made it clear that the immunity is only for speeches at plenary.
He tweeted: “The immunity is ONLY for speeches at plenary. I didn’t
need criminal immunity yesterday. I dont need it today. I’ll never need
it tomorrow!”
On Wednesday the Senate considered and voted for the passing of some
of the bills, they received in a 33-item report on the fourth review of
the 1999 constitution of Nigeria.
97 Senators were present at plenary for the constitutional review and a voting process was used to consider the bills.
Bill No. 8 was for immunity for legislators for Acts in course of Duty. 93 Senators voted yes.
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