ABUJA – By Olusegun Lawrence The Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has been summoned by the Senate in connection with the forgery suit he instituted.
Senate President Bukola Saraki, his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweramadu, former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa and Acting Deputy Clerk, Benedict Efeturi, have been charged to court by the AGF over alleged forgery of Senate Standing Rules.
At plenary on Tuesday, the Senate directed the AGF to appear before it within 48 hours.
While debating the suit which is before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Senators posited that if the rules are fake then all the correspondences of President Muhammadu Buhari to National Assembly are fake.
The lawmakers recalled that the said rules were used to confirm Ministers and the 2016 National Budget.
Senator Dino Melaye while moving the motion said, “We must make it clear here to the individuals in the Executive arm and party leadership behind these plots not to mistake the maturity and hand of co-operation being extended to the Presidency by the legislature as a sign of weakness.
“The National Assembly bent backwards to accommodate various infractions and inefficiencies in pursuit of inter-arms co-operation and national interest.
“We did not follow up the various infractions because we believe there are bigger issues which the government has to attend to in order to ensure that every Nigerian has food on his table and live comfortably in a secure environment.
“We know that the country is actually in a state of economic emergency and all hands must be on deck.”
