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APC Senators to meet with Oshiomhole allegedly over Senate President’s removal

Oshiomhole had vowed to seek legal means of removing Senate President Bukola Saraki following his defection to PDP.
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All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators are slated to meet with the party’s chairman, Adams Oshiomhole tonight.

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According to Daily Post, today’s meeting is slated to hold at Oshiomhole’s Aso Drive office by 8:00pm.

The APC chairman has consistently called for the resignation of Senate President Bukola Saraki following his defection to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

According to a PDP source, the Senators will be deliberating on possible ways to remove Saraki and Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.

The source said “Senator Lawan has called for a meeting of all APC senators again.

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“The meeting will hold at Oshiomhole’s office on Aso Drive at 8pm on Monday.

“The agenda is the the same – sack of the SP and DSP,” Daily Post reports.

Impeachment plot

Former APC spokesman, Timi Frank had earlier alleged that the ruling party offered Senators $400,000 about N148,000,000 each (at the rate of N370 to $1), to impeach Saraki.

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Frank also said that APC members in the House of Reps were offered the same amount to remove the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara.

PDP cautions APC

Following reports of a plot to arrest Saraki and Ekweremadu, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has warned that the arrest of the Senate’s top officers might spell doom for Nigeria’s democracy.

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