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  • Ekiti Assembly denies impeachment move, passes vote of confidence on Fayose

    Ekiti Assembly denies impeachment move, passes vote of confidence on Fayose

    Members of the Ekiti State House of Assembly have said they have confidence in the State governor, Ayodele Fayose.

    The lawmakers also distanced themselves from the alleged plot to impeach the governor following the electoral victory of the All Progressives Congress candidate in the July 14 governorship election, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.

    The Speaker of the House, Kola Oluwawole, had on Thursday raised the alarm over an alleged invasion of the Assembly premises by riot policemen in order to pave the way for the three APC members of the House to reconvene a week after the members had gone on recess.

    He accused the APC lawmakers of forging the signature of the clerk, Mr. Tola Esan, in a letter purportedly written to request police protection.

    But speaking after paying a solidarity visit to the governor on Friday, the Spokesperson for the Assembly, Dr. Samuel Omotoso, on behalf of the 23 members said they remained loyal to Fayose.

    The chairman, House Committee on Information, said the Peoples Democratic Party lawmakers were fully in support of the move by the party’s candidate, Prof. Kolapo Olusola, to reclaim his mandate.

    He said, “We are here on a solidarity visit to the Governor and to show our displeasure to the stealing of the mandate freely given to Prof Kolapo Olusola. We also want to use this medium to register our displeasure to the illegality being perpetrated by security agencies threatening to make the state ungovernable.

    “As you can see, we are 23 members and 21 is present here. Mrs. Titi Owolabi is not here because she is bereaved, and one of us travelled overseas. We are 26 members; three are on the other side. We are united and irrevocably committed to the cause of Fayose.

    “We are solidly behind him and our party the PDP. We support the decision of the party to go to court to retrieve the stolen mandate and also to tell the whole world that if 23 members are on the same page, we want to see how they want to use three members to perpetuate illegality in the state.

  • Imo Assembly serves impeachment notice on Deputy Governor

    The lawmakers of the Imo State House of Assembly have officially served an impeachment notice on the embattled Deputy Governor of the state, Prince Eze Madumere.

    This is even as hundreds of the supporters of the deputy governor took to the major roads in the state capital on Tuesday to protest the ongoing impeachment proceedings on the state’s second citizen.

    The impeachment notice, which was served on the deputy governor through substituted means (newspaper publications) on Tuesday in Owerri was signed by the Speaker, Acho Ihim and 13 other lawmakers.

    The notice of gross misconduct was also pasted at the entrance door of the deputy governor’s office

    Other lawmakers who signed the impeachment notice are Ugonna Ozuruigbo (Nwangele), Chinedu Offor (Onuimo), Ikechukwu Amuka (Ideato South ), Lawrence Duruji (Ehime Mbano), Uche Ejiogu (Ihite Uboma), Henry Ezediaro (Oguta), Maxwell Odunze (Orlu), Lloyd Chukwuemeka (Owerri North), Chika Madumere (Nkwerre), Uju Onwudiwe (Njaba), Ngozi Obiefule (Isu), Victor Onyewuchi (Owerri west), and Arthur Egwim (Ideato North)

    The impeachment notice which was titled, ‘Notice of gross misconduct’, outlined the alleged misconduct and addressed to Madumere.

    The notice alleged that the deputy governor had “concealment of felonious conduct affecting the presentation of self as an eligible candidate of office of deputy governor, Imo State, having been convicted and imprisoned for theft in the United States of America.”

    Other allegations of misconduct include “absence without official reason of permission duly obtained from office for a period of three months.”

    The state House of Assembly allegedly backed by Governor Rochas Okorocha had accused Madumere, among other things, of abandoning his duties and office as the state’s number two citizen for a long time.

    The lawmakers also accused Madumere of refusing to carry out official duties assigned to him by the governor; refusal to attend State Executive Council meetings; and refusal to hold meetings with the governor and commissioners, among others.

    The notice of service according to the Speaker was in pursuant to Section 188(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution.

    It read partly “Take notice that pursuant to Section 188(2)(b) of the 1999 constitution, I, Right Honourable Acho Ihim, Speaker of the House of Assembly, Imo State of Nigeria, do, hereby, serve upon you, Prince Eze Madumere, Deputy Governor, Imo State of Nigeria, the notice of misconduct, duly issued under the hand of not less than one-third of the members of the Imo State House of Assembly.”

    Meanwhile, protesters numbering over 3,000 on Tuesday took over the major streets of Owerri, the capital of Imo State, to register their grievances over the plot to impeach Madumere.

    The House during Wednesday’s sitting, ordered the Clerk of the House, Chris Duru, to write the state Chief Judge, Paschal Nnadi, to probe the allegations and ascertain if the deputy governor was guilty of gross misconduct as contained in a petition signed by 13 members of the House.

    But the protesters described the move against Madumere as a grave injustice, saying that the allegations were trumped up charges aimed at impeaching the deputy governor for daring to oppose Okorocha’s position to install his son-in-law as the next governor of the state.

    The protesters had taken over the streets of Owerri as early as 6 am, chanting various anti-Okorocha songs, accusing the governor of masterminding what they termed as kangaroo charges against his deputy.

    They maintained that Madumere was innocent of all the charges being levelled against him.

    They also described the state House of Assembly as the worst Imo had ever had, calling it a mere rubber stamp in the hand of Okorocha.

    They also carried placards with various inscriptions such as, “Okorocha leave Madumere alone;” “Okorocha, must you foist your son-in-law on Imo people?”; “We are in a democracy not in ‘familiocracy;’” “We say no to Okorocha’s third term agenda;” “APC will not accept the imposition of family candidate;” “NWC, rise up before we lose Imo to PDP;” and “We appeal to President Buhari to intervene in Imo situation.”

    “Okorocha controls the House as his personal estate, without reference to the feelings and aspirations of the citizenry,” they said.

    The protest, which brought vehicular and human movements to a standstill, saw workers abandoning their vehicles to walk long distances to their places of work.

    Traders were also not spared in the agony as major streets such as Wetheral, Okigwe Road, Assumpta Avenue, Tetlow Road and other adjoining streets were shut down as a result of the surging crowd.

    Addressing newsmen, one of the leaders, Mr Chidiebere Nworgu, lamented that the state was sliding “into a one-man business, where an individual now treats Imolites with levity.”

    He maintained that it’s high time Imo citizens resisted such undemocratic tendencies coming from Okorocha.

    The lawyer further called on the clergy and the elite to speak out against this injustice against Madumere and other Imo citizens.

    He queried; “Where has Madumere derailed? This is a man who has been discharging his duties conscientiously coupled with infectious humility. Is it not the same Okorocha that told us that the deputy governor that does not give him stress, which made him pronounce in various fora that “Prince Madumere is a son in whom he is well pleased.”

    He further attributed the love lost between the governor and the deputy to Madumere’s insistence in taking his destiny in his hand by making himself available to contest the governorship of the state against Okorocha’s resolve to foist his son-in-law on the citizenry.

    Nworgu, however, explained that the charter of equity must be adhered to, insisting that it was the turn of Owerri zone to produce the next governor in 2019.

     

  • Court ‘halts’ impeachment process against Okorocha’s deputy, Madumere

    The Federal High Court in Abuja has granted an application by the Deputy Governor of Imo State, Eze Madumere, to halt the impeachment process against him by the state House of Assembly.

    Recall that the House on Tuesday set up a six-member committee headed by Kennedy Ibe, member representing Obowo Local Government Area, to probe allegations of misconduct against Mr Madumere and report back to it within seven days.

    But surprisingly, the committee submitted its report about 48 hours later on Thursday, wherein it concluded that Madumere has a case to answer.

    The House subsequently on Thursday served a notice of impeachment on the deputy governor asking him to defend himself against the allegations against him.

    But Madumere said he was not properly served the notice, after one of his aides had on Wednesday refuted the allegations as baseless.

    The deputy governor thereafter dragged the lawmakers and the state chief judge before the court in Abuja.

    According to court papers made available to newsmen, Johnmary Jideobi, the trial judge gave an order that could be interpreted to mean halting the removal process pending determination of the suit by Madumere.

    The Judge, O .A Musa, further granted the applicant leave to serve the processes in the suit on the defendants.

    “Parties are to maintain the status quo pending the hearing of the motion on notice,” the court directed.

    Maintaining status quo is often interpreted by lawyers to mean keeping the situation as it was before the case was filed. In this case, according to Mr Jideobi, ensuring the deputy governor remains in office until the court case is determined.

    “Any party affected by this order may apply to set it aside for good cause,” the judge directed.

    “Parties are to file a written argument addressing this court on its jurisdiction to entertain the instant suit.

    “Motion on notice is adjourned to November 27,” he said.

    The impeachment plot has been brewing for some time and is widely interpreted as a continuation of the battle for 2019 between the governor and his deputy.

    This arose from opposition by Madumere to an alleged plan by Governor Rochas Okorocha to have his in-law succeed him in office.

    Madumere, who is also interested in the governorship seat, later joined camp with opponents of the governor in their All Progressives Congress in the state.

    They held parallel congresses to wrest control of the APC from Okorocha in the state and produced party leaders that were recognised by the former national leadership of the party. But a court has since voided the congresses and the governor appears poised to regain control of the party in the state.

    Loyalists of Okorocha are also believed to have a majority in the state Assembly.

    Apparently to expand that majority, the House last month suspended four lawmakers viewed as loyal to the deputy governor and standing against his impeachment plot.

    Another lawmaker, representing Oru West LGA, Donatus Onuigwe, who opposed the impeachment proceedings during Tuesday’s plenary, was also suspended by the House.

  • BREAKING: Imo lawmakers commence impeachment process against Okorocha’s deputy

    The Imo State House of Assembly has commenced impeachment process against the deputy governor, Eze Madumere.

    The Deputy Speaker, Ugonna Ozuruigbo, who moved the motion that the impeachment process be served on the embattled deputy governor, accused him, among other things, of abandoning his duties and office as the state’s number two citizen for a long time.

    The plenary, which is tension-soaked, is currently on going.

    Armed security men have barricaded the entry and exit points of the complex.

     

    More details shortly…

  • Presidency reacts to court’s directive to commence impeachment of Buhari

    The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Wednesday, said he was not aware of an order of mandamus granted by a court for the National Assembly to begin impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari.

    Mohammed said this while answering questions from State House correspondents at the end of the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

    “I’m just hearing it from you. I will have to read it myself,” the minister said.

    A Federal High Court sitting in Osogbo, Osun state, presided over by Justice Maureen Onyetenu, had on Wednesday given the order in a motion filed before her by the Chairman, Nigeria Bar Association, Ilesa branch, Mr. Kanmi Ajibola; and a human rights activist, Mr. Suleiman Adeniyi.

  • BREAKING: Court backs NASS to commence impeachment process against Buhari

    A Federal High Court, sitting in Osogbo, Osun state capital has ordered the National Assembly to immediately commence impeachment process against President Muhammadu Buhari.

    The judge gave the order on Wednesday, July 4, 2018 based on the suit filed by two Nigerians, Kanmi Ajibola, a lawyer and Sulaiman Adeniyi, a human right activist, urging the court to enforce the National Assembly to impeach President Buhari.

    The duo had three months ago written to both the lower and the upper chambers of the National Assembly on the need to impeach President Buhari, citing alleged constitutional breaches by the president and threatened that they will approach the court if they failed to act accordingly.

    But when the lawmakers refused, they headed for court and filed a suit at the Federal High Court, Osogbo asking for an order of mandamus to compel both the Senate and the House of Representatives to start the impeachment proceedings of President Buhari.

    In the suit filed on Tuesday, June 19, 2018, they hinged their arguments on four grounds on why the National Assembly should impeach the Buhari.

    In the motion ex-parte, the duo claimed that in flagrant violation of the 1999 constitution, President Buhari contested election, won and was sworn in as the president on the 29th day of May 2015 without possessing the basic constitutional requirement, which would have made him qualified for the contest of the election.

    They further alleged that the 4th respondent, which is President Buhari in flagrant violation of section 137 (1) (j) of the 1999 constitution presented a forged certificate to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the purpose of the 2015 presidential election that brought him to the office of the president

    “In the light of the 4th Respondent’s placement to continue in the office as the president, he has no certificate and basic requirement upon which this placement to continue in the office can be placed.”

    Besides, they accused the president of treating the orders of the court with great disdain and abuses the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at will, particularly from the angle of the observance of the Federal character as contained in section 14 of the constitution.

    “The 4th Respondent on the 29th day of May 2015, took an oath of office, among others, to the effect that, he would rule in accordance to and protect the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, particularly section 14 (2) (b) which stipulates that the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government.”

    “In the contrary, the 4th Respondent has proved to be unable to guarantee the security of lives and properties of the citizens of the Federal Republic of Nigeria in fulfilment of his oath of Office. The herdsmen killings of the innocent citizens under the 4th Respondent have been uncountable, unbearable and unprecedented overheating figures in the globe.

    “The 4th Respondent in contravention of the due process and sections 80 and 81 of the 1999 constitution spent about $496 Million on the purchase of Tucano Jets without the approval of the National Assembly of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as required by the law.

    “The 4th Respondent ordered to be withdrawn, money from the public fund of the Federation without the approval of the National Assembly or the authorization of its act and same used for the purchase of Tucano Jets.

    “The 4th Respondent has committed several impeachable offences, that is, gross misconduct.

    “By the provision of section 143 of the 1999 constitution, the 1st to 3rd Respondents (The Senate President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives and the National Assembly) have the statutory duty to impeach the 4th Respondent as the president and Commander in – Chief of Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria on gross misconduct.

    “The 1st to 3rd Respondents have closed their eyes to the gross misconduct of the 4th Respondent.

    They told the court that as applicants in the matter, they have the right and duty to compel the 1st and 3rd Respondents to perform their statutory duty of impeachment against the 4th Respondent, having bothered on the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

    Citing several constitutional authorities in the written address in support of the motion ex-parte and with 44-paragraph affidavits, the duo posed some questions by putting Nigeria side by side with some developed nations.

    “Can the conduct of the 4th Respondent, particularly on the presentation of a forged certificate, be condone in America or Great Britain unchecked?

    “Can the 4th Respondent continue to benefits from his act of forgery and infraction of constitution?

    “Definitely, an American president cannot be genuinely accused of presentation of a forged certificate and still be allowed to continue as the president, likewise the prime minister of the Great Britain”, they noted.

    Barrister Ajibola urged the court that with all array of documents before the court, he was of the view that the National Assembly must perform its constitutional duties without fear or favour.

    Justice Onyetenu in her ruling granted the application and ordered “that the National Assembly being the 1st,2nd and 3rd respondents commence the impeachment of President Muhammadu Buhari”.

    Further hearing on the matter has been fixed for October 30, 2018.

  • Police seal Kano Assembly over plots to impeach Speaker

    Police seal Kano Assembly over plots to impeach Speaker

    Officers from the Kano State Police Command on Monday sealed state assembly complex over attempts by the lawmakers to impeach the Speaker, Alhaji Abdullahi Yusuf.

    It was gathered that as at Sunday night, 21 lawmakers had duly signed in support of the speaker’s impeachment.

    “We have already impeached the principal officers by having 21 lawmakers signed for their impeachment and we are needing only six members to make the requirement of 2/3 to impeach the speaker”, a lawmaker who does not want to named said.

    “The reasons are many but the major one is incompetence. The Speaker has completely localised the house.

    “We cannot sit until after 2 pm and even at that things are not moving as expected. We cannot just continue like that because we are representing our constituents.”

    Police Public Relations Officer, SP Magaji Musa Majia confirmed the deployment of operatives.

    He said, “We deployed our men to the Assembly to ensure that nobody breaks law and order.

    “We need peace in the state and therefore we will not allow anybody to temper with existing peace and harmony being enjoyed by the people in the state.”

  • Buhari’s impeachment: Dangerous moves in NASS, By Ehichioya Ezomon

    By Ehichioya Ezomon

    The power to spend any funds of the government is predicated on the mandatory approval of the National Assembly, as spelt out specifically in Sections 80 and 81 of the amended 1999 Constitution of Nigeria, and its non-observance is a breach of the right of the legislature to control expenditure.

    But as sacrosanct as these extant provisions of the constitution are, the lawmakers should exercise great restraint in calling for the impeachment of a violator, in this case, President Muhammadu Buhari, for expending $496 ($462) million on 12 super Tucano jets, without the express permission of the National Assembly.

    What’s at issue here is procedure: the non-observance of the process of obtaining approval for the withdrawal of the $496 million, which payment had been confirmed by the government of the United States of America, which supplies the planes to Nigeria.

    But for the astuteness, and display of maturity by the leadership of both chambers of the National Assembly, and the level-headedness exhibited by the majority All Progressives Congress members, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party legislators were (are) bent in the past week to push through the impeachment moves.

    The level and intensity of the debate almost indicated that the solution to herdsmen’s bloodletting in the North Central, and the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East was “immediate” impeachment of President Buhari.

    They didn’t buy his explanation precedent on the approval for withdrawal of the $496 million from the Excess Crude Account (ECA), to purchase the aircraft from the United States government, which “had given a payment deadline; otherwise, the contract would lapse.”

    They seemed principally concerned with the process of the aircraft purchase, and the purchaser, President Buhari, and not the need for the equipment to fight insecurity, which they (lawmakers) shouted about, and criticized on weekly basis at the plenary.

    The hullabaloo began on Tuesday, April 24, in the House of Representatives, when the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, read a letter by President Buhari, explaining the circumstances of the purchase of the planes, and for the House to include the $496 million in the 2018 budget estimates still in the works in the legislature.

    Dogara had hardly finished when hell was let loose by members of the PDP, who were arrow-headed by Mr. Kingsley Chinda (PDP, Rivers ) and Chairman, House Committee on Public Accounts, who called for the immediate impeachment of President Buhari.

    While Speaker Dogara tactically steered the House towards suspending, till another legislative day, the debate on the procurement of the jets; the “sanctioning” of Buhari gained traction in the Senate, where it was couched in a “motion for the invocation of Section 143(2)(b) of the 1999 Constitution,” which deals with impeachment of the president if found “guilty of gross misconduct in the performance of the functions of his office.”

    Senator Matthew Urhoghide (PDP, Edo South), supported by Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP, Enugu North) moved the motion for “immediate impeachment” of the president, for “committing a very serious and grievous breach of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.”

    But there were counter arguments by senators of the APC, who, though admitted the non-observance of the rules on expenditure, did not support impeachment of Buhari. Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central), describing the expenditure as “a gross abuse of the constitution,” asked that “the money be refunded and the transaction started afresh to allow due process.”

    Senator Abu Ibrahim (APC, Katsina South), not only recalled that former Presidents Olusegun Obasanjo and ‎Goodluck Jonathan “made withdrawals from the ECA without seeking National Assembly’s approval,” but also labelled the floated impeachment of Buhari as “a PDP conspiracy.”

    At this juncture, Senate President Bukola Saraki intervened, to return the debate to the essence and circumstances of the payments for the jets, and to avoid the chamber being divided along party lines, “and South versus North, for and against” the impeachment, as a senator labeled the fiery debate. Senate thereafter referred the matter to its judiciary committee, “for legal advice” this Wednesday.

    By Thursday, both the Senate and House mandated their relevant committees to “look for precedents, search the archives, so we know where to accommodate the $496 million expenditure.”

    May I respectfully advise the lawmakers to check the answer in Section 83 of the Constitution on “Contingencies Fund for the Federation,” which the National Assembly is obligated to establish, “for authorising the President, if satisfied that there has arisen an urgent and unforeseen need for expenditure for which no other provision exists, to make advances from the Fund to meet the need.”

    If there’s such a fund, the president doesn’t need recourse to the National Assembly during emergencies, except to present a “Supplementary Estimate,” for which “a Supplementary Appropriation shall be introduced as soon as possible for the purpose of replacing the amount so advanced.”

    All said, President Buhari did not offhandedly dismiss the role of the National Assembly in matters of appropriation; hence, he has asked the legislature to include the said sum in the 2018 budget estimates. Pushing for his impeachment would then connote political motivation, especially in regard to the 2019 elections, in which he has declared to contest for a second term in office.

     

    * Mr. Ezomon, Journalist and Media Consultant, writes from Lagos, Nigeria.

  • Buhari’s Impeachment move: PDP condemns attack on Senator Urhoghide

    The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has condemned the attack on a senator, Matthew Urhoghide, describing it as completely inexcusable.

    The party in a statement on Sunday by its National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbodinyan, accused the ruling APC of masterminding the attack.

    Recall that Mr Urhoghide (PDP, Edo South) was attacked at the Benin airport when he arrived Edo State on Saturday.

    The lawmaker had during the week called for the impeachment of President Buhari for withdrawing $496 million from the Excess Crude Account (ECA) without the National Assembly’s consent.

    It was for that reason he was attacked.

    “We are miffed that the APC has degenerated to the level of misdirecting its youth and unleashing them to attack and mete out violence on law-abiding citizens including a senator of the Federal Republic,” Mr Ologbodiyan said.

    “We are equally irked that the attack happened in the full glare of high-ranking police officers in the state, who did nothing to protect the lawmaker but adopted an aloofness that emboldened the APC youths.”

    The Edo police commissioner confirmed that the police’ intervention helped mitigate the violence.

    “We note that such brazen attack is recipe for wide-scale violence. But for the restraint exhibited by the PDP youths and supporters of Senator Urhoghide, there would have been a breakdown of law and order at the airport and which might even extend to other parts of the state.

    “The PDP restates our stand in commending Senator Urhoghide for his courage in standing for the Nigerian people to move the motion for the Senate to investigate President Muhammadu Buhari for alleged violations of our constitution.

    “The attack on Senator Urhoghide therefore shows the intolerance and deployment of unpatriotic acts by agents of the APC, including the invasion of the Senate and forceful removal of the mace, to intimidate the parliament and destroy our democracy,” the PDP said.

     

  • Gov Obasaki sent thugs to attack me after I demanded Buhari’s impeachment -Sen. Urhoghide

    Senator representing Edo South in the National Assembly, Matthew Urhoghide, yesterday revealed what happened to him after he moved the motion for President Muhammadu Buhari’s impeachment.

    The Senator who said he has no regrets for moving the motion, alleged that the Chief of Staff to Governor Obaseki, Taiwo Akerele, mobilized thugs tojustassault him at the airport on Friday.

    He made the assertion while addressing newsmen in his Benin City residence.

    Urghogbide said he would seek redress in court and also furnish the Senate that he was molested and humiliated at the Benin Airport over what he said during plenary.

    Urhoghide said it was a shame on Nigeria for a boy to hit a serving senator and representative of the people.

    He said, “They have promised to deal with me. If not for the State Commissioner of Police who restrained them. I obeyed the Police Commissioner and remained where I was until the governor came.

    “We were walking side by side, talking when a boy hit my head and the governor walked away. Before I left Abuja, I knew what was happening and the person responsible for it. I called him to tell him that it was unnecessary but he didn’t pick his calls.

    “It would be cowardice for me to abort the journey. I wanted to see what would happen and they displayed their thuggery. I am not cowed by it. I will represent my constituency and do whatever I want to do. Those who beat the PDP State Youth leader were not arrested but he was arrested.

    “If this game is not played along the direction that some people want it, then they see you as a deviant. That is what you saw yesterday, asking a riff-raff, a boy of no consequence, to lay his hands on me, an elected representative of the people, a serving Senator, it is a shame on this country.

    “They should realise I am a PDP senator. I am in the opposition; I am not a member of the APC. I am at liberty to say anything against the APC government. I am just being objective.

    “They had ample time to bring the requests but they didn’t. We could have said more aircraft should be bought. What they have done is rumble jumble. The President has violated the constitution and that is the truth. If anybody is pretending that nothing has been done, the person should go to a mental home. Section 80 has been violated.

    “Couldn’t I have spoken? That is what miscreants have misunderstood. I don’t have any regret for what I said. I stand on it. Where did I embarrass the President? Because of selfish interest here and they want to show the President that everybody could be cowed in Edo.

    “This is not a war I want to fight on partisan basis. I have immunity on what I say on the floor of the Senate. I am being crucified outside for what I said during plenary. I am going to report back to the Senate. All the security agencies must see the threat I am subjected to because I performed my duty as a Senator,” said