There was uproar in the Senate on Tuesday as Senate President, Abubakar
Bukola Saraki, read President Muhammadu Buhari’s letter, which criticized the
resolution of the Senate that Secretary to the Government of the Federation,
Mr. Babachir David Lawal, should resign his position and face prosecution over
alleged abuse of office.
Senator Shehu Sani, (Kaduna Central) who said that he was shocked that
President Buhari could be misled to write such a letters, described it as “the
funeral service for anti-corruption fight” in
the country.
Senator Sani who was chairman, Senate ad-hoc committee on “Mounting
humanitarian crisis in the North-East” while defending the report of his
committee came hard on President Buhari.
The Kaduna Central Senator noted that it was unfortunate that President
Buhari’s Government has chosen to fight corruption with “insecticide when it
has to do with the Judiciary, National Assembly and the larger society and uses
deodorant when it has to do with the Presidency.”
He also insisted that “It is unfortunate that we have a political
atmosphere where you have a saintly and angelic presidency and a devilish and
evil society.”
Saraki appeared uncomfortable with the line of defence Sani was
offering and attempted to cut him short.
There was instantaneous uproar in the chamber as Senators across party
line urged Sani to “fire on.”
Saraki retreated and allowed Sani to conclude his explanation about how
his committee arrived at its conclusions and recommendations on the need for
Lawal to resign and be prosecuted for alleged abuse of office.
Many Senators were also said to have doubted that President Buhari
actually wrote the letter since it was “hurriedly sent to the Senate after
President Buahri travelled to the United Kingdome for medical treatment.”
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