Senate suspends senator for 6 months over petition against Saraki, Melaye

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March 29, 2017 2:00 PM

The decision was announced by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions on Wednesday, March 29.

The Senate has suspended Senator

“The suspension starts today, 29th Match, 2017 to last for 191 Legislative days,” the Senate said via Twitter.

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The suspension period was however reduced to six months following a plea by Senator Matthew Uroghide.

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Ndume had urged the Senate to probe allegationsthat a vehicle owned by Saraki was cleared with fake documents leading to its seizure by Customs officers.

The Senator also encouraged an investigation into accusations that Melaye did not graduate from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) as claimed.

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The issues were referred to the Senate ethics committee which invited all parties and cleared Saraki and Melaye of wrongdoing.

The Vice Chancellor of ABU, Ibrahim Garba appeared before the committee on Monday, March 27, to confirm that Melaye was a graduate of the institution.

The importer of the Range Rover which was alleged to be Saraki’s also appeared before the committee to dismiss the claims.

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The allegations were made by online publication, Sahara Reporters which also accused Melaye of stealing a TV and bribing his Head of Department to issue him a transcript.

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