Impeachment threat: What APC, PDP senators agreed to do

The Senate Tuesday rose from a meeting and resolved to put to rest the
contentious political and parliamentary issues that had distracted it
ahead of the 2019 general elections.

The meeting which held behind closed doors for 20 minutes was said to
have attracted expressions of serious worries by lawmakers concerning
recent political disturbances in the upper chamber.

Though no official statement was issued at the end of the closed-door
session but a lawmaker who pleaded anonymity told DAILY POST that the
earlier threats and counter threats by the All Progressives Congress
(APC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lawmakers were dropped.

According to the lawmaker, "the Senate today(Tuesday) reconvened after
about two months recess and immediately went into closed session where
all members had frank discussions about the future of the Eighth
Senate as it goes into its last stage.

He continued, "The members agreed to give peace a chance and avoid
allowing the red chamber of the federal legislature to get degenerated
into an arena of conflict over partisan and personal issues"

It was equally learnt that the APC caucus also extracted a promise
from the Senate President that national interest will continue to take
precedence over any other consideration in the activities of the
Senate.

Further, the senators were said to have agreed not to allow external
forces and influence to cause disaffection, disturbance or crisis
within the legislature.

But the APC national chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, had severally urged
his party men in the Senate to remove Saraki as Senate President
because of his defection to the PDP.

Against this backdrop, political pundits still believe that the
threats for Saraki's removal from office may not be totally ruled out
as uncertainty and surprise remain the constant feature of politics.