Thursday, October 8, 2015

Rowdy Session In Senate Over Former Governor Amaechi Petition

Yesterday, there  was a mild drama on the floor of the Senate on Wednesday when a lawmaker representing Rivers East Senatorial District, George Sekibo, rose to present a petition against the nomination of former governor, Mr. Rotimi Amaechi, as a minister.

No sooner than Sekibo, who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party, raised a point of order to submit the petition than the All Progressives Congress senators kicked against the submission, and raised their voice, shouting No!! No!!!

Notwithstanding the reaction of the APC senators, Sekibo went ahead with his point of order and got the permission of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to submit the document on behalf of his other colleagues from Rivers State.

Saraki, who ignored the protests of his party members, referred the petition to the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions to investigate the allegations against Amaechi and report back to the Senate.

Speaking with journalists in his office shortly after the plenary, Sekibo said the petition was based on an investigation carried out by a Port Harcourt-based group, called the Integrity Group.

Sekibo said the same petition had earlier been forwarded to President Muhammadu Buhari and the various anti-graft agencies in the country about two months ago when the group concluded its investigation.

10 comments:

  1. Presido for no even forward dis guy name with all d controversy surrounding him. Me no know wetin him dey find o. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".

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  2. We are solidly behind u amaechi, u stood by us so we will stand solidly by you

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    1. Is that what the change is all about?.

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    2. Did he promise change in pple or welfare..ask urself dt question...and ruminate over it before making a jibe of him sir...plzz

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  3. Hmmmm,,,that's just a drama to confuse the masses....afterall,,them go stil mske am minister...

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  4. Na hear say, do you know if he has seen any of the petition @ all people will say their own, no court of law has found Amechi guilty and he has no pending case of corruption or whatsoever

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  5. Na only amaechi? Make d petition go against all d names submitted

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  6. My mum will say, if u want to dig a bad hole, dig it small coz if it backfires and u urself falls into it, there'll be som1 to bring u out..all these pple submitting potions and all that, hope u know what u are doing coz as far as I am concerned...he is as clean as the word clean itself

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  7. Hmmm.....amechi will will confirmed as a minister without any doubt,
    All this dram is part of the film
    Saraki is a good actor

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