APC Senators demand Ekweremadu’s Resignation
Some senators who belong to the All Progressives Congress have demanded the immediate resignation of the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
According to the senators, who were loyal to Senator Ahmad Lawan during the tussle for the the Senate presidency, they will only support Senator Bukola Saraki as President of the Senate if Ekweremadu resigns.
The spokesman of the faction -called the Unity Forum-, Senator Kabir Marafa, said although they had nothing personal against Saraki and Ekweremadu, Saraki’s supporters must explain why they flaunted the decision of the leaders of the APC to produce consensus candidates for the positions of Senate President and Deputy Senate President.
He said, “We demand that Senator Ike Ekweremadu must resign his position because he needed at least 55 senators to emerge as deputy senate president. Ekweremadu is a lawyer and an experienced lawmaker. He knows he is not qualified to win the election with 54 votes.
“Our colleagues, the Like Minds Senators, on three occasions failed to honour the directive of the party for an arrangement to produce consensus candidates for the senate president and deputy senate president.
“They refused to take part in the mock election when 35 APC senators elected Senators Ahmad Lawan and George Akume as the party’s consensus candidates for the two top positions in the Senate.
“They also refused to honour the invitation extended to all of us to attend a meeting with Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo on June 8, and another meeting called by President Muhammadu Buhari on June 9.”
