FORGERY SCANDAL: Presidency Demands Saraki and Ekweremadu's Resignation

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  1. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Engr. Babachir Lawal, has tackled Nigeria's senate president, Bukola Saraki, and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, over statements made about their forgery trials.
    Both senate leaders had pointed fingers and alleged that a cabal exists within the Muhammadu Buhari government.
    However, in a statement issued on Wednesday, Lawal condemned the action of both men, saying they gave the erroneous impression that the entire Senate was on trial.
    “The complaint leading to the forgery investigation was reported to the Police by some aggrieved Senators, who specifically accused certain persons.
    “It is not the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that is involved and definitely not the House of Representatives,” the statement said.
    Lawal said bringing the National Assembly as a body into this court case is totally unwarranted and can only be for other purposes and reasons outside the investigation and legal proceedings.
    “A case of forgery is usually preferred against individuals as was the case with a former Speaker of the House of Representatives, who was accused of certificate forgery.
    “What he did was to resign, honourably,” the statement added.
    The statement said the country’s democracy was still evolving and being deepened, adding that the rule of law was supreme to the present administration.
    Source:Nigerian Bulletin

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