The opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has alleged that the
governing All Progressives Congress, APC-led federal government plans to
arrest the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu.
The PDP spokesperson, Olisa Metuh, who addressed a press conference
on Sunday in Abuja, said to achieve the aim, the Inspector General of
Police, Solomon Arase, has invited Mr. Ekweremadu to report at the Force
Headquarters in Abuja on Monday after which he would be detained.
Mr. Metuh said the APC leadership is not happy with the emergence of
Mr. Ekweremadu, a PDP member, as the Deputy Senate President and that
after several attempts to make him resign, has now resorted to underhand
tactics.
He said since President Muhammadu Buhari’s statement that Mr.
Ekweremadu’s election was ‘unacceptable’ to his party, the Deputy Senate
President, who can only be removed by the Senate, has come under
threats and intense pressure from APC leaders to resign and allow a
senator from the ruling party to take his position.
