{"id":42389,"date":"2015-09-29T14:32:36","date_gmt":"2015-09-29T13:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=42389"},"modified":"2015-09-29T23:40:53","modified_gmt":"2015-09-29T22:40:53","slug":"over-80-senators-pass-vote-of-confidence-on-senate-president-saraki","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/over-80-senators-pass-vote-of-confidence-on-senate-president-saraki\/","title":{"rendered":"Over 80 Senators Pass Vote of Confidence on Senate President Saraki"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Senators has passed a vote of confidence on Saraki who was\u00a0 arraigned<br \/>\nand docked by the Code of Conduct Tribunal on a 13 count charges involving<br \/>\nfalse assets declaration.<\/p>\n<p>The Senate which met today, Tuesday, passed the vote of confidence on<br \/>\nSaraki amidst rowdy session. Similarly, Senate expects ministerial list<br \/>\nfrom the president as speculations become high as for which prominent<br \/>\ncompetent Nigerians will make the list. Currently, the Special Adviser to<br \/>\nthe President on National Assembly matters, Mr. Ita Enang is already in at<br \/>\nthe Senate, perhaps to present the ministerial list.<\/p>\n<p>However, following the vote of confidence on Saraki, some pro-Saraki<br \/>\nsupporters converge at the Senate entrance to chant solidarity songs for<br \/>\nSaraki and his deputy Ike Ekweremadu.<\/p>\n<p>The pro democracy group, Ohanaeze Ndi-Igbo Youth Movement ,ONYM, led by Mr<br \/>\nUche Nnadi told newsmen that the rally to the National Assembly was also<br \/>\nto protest the use of anti-corruption war by politicians for personal<br \/>\ngains.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis despair is caused by the fact that the anti-corruption war which<br \/>\nNigeria in general and Igbo youths have keyed into is being misused by few<br \/>\npolitical elite to fight their political war.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe must state categorically that it is an act of corruption to use the<br \/>\nanti-corruption war for party politics and political benefits,\u2019\u2019 Nnadi<br \/>\nsaid.<\/p>\n<p>He faulted the trial of Saraki by the Code of Conduct Tribunal, saying<br \/>\nthat he was being persecuted because his emergence as Senate President<br \/>\nallowed an Igbo man to be the Deputy Senate President.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, the trial of the Senate President by the code of conduct<br \/>\nTribunal is in contravention of section 3(d) of the Code of Conduct Bureau<br \/>\nand Tribunal Act.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe same Chairman of the Tribunal Mr Danladi Umar ruled in favour of the<br \/>\nprinciple in section 3(d) on the November 30, 2011 in the case against<br \/>\nSenator Ahmed Tinubu.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd today is insisting on trying the Senate President.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know that Mr Danladi Umar cannot overrule himself,\u2019\u2019 he said.<br \/>\nNnadi, therefore, urged the tribunal to quash the charges against the<br \/>\nSenate President and discharge him.<\/p>\n<p>He added that Saraki\u2019s trial was quickly contrived to force him out of<br \/>\noffice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOtherwise why will all this political tension when the man has not been<br \/>\nfound guilty.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur law still upholds a man as innocent until he is found guilty,\u2019\u2019 he said.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters displayed placards : \u201cNo to Witch-hunting\u201d and \u201cNo to Plot<br \/>\nTo Destabilize National Assembly\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The protesters were pushed beyond the first entry point of NASS gate by<br \/>\nsecurity operatives who were very polite in discharging their duties.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/over-80-senators-pass-vote-of-confidence-on-senate-president-saraki\/attachment\/image2-4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42430\"><br \/>\n<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/over-80-senators-pass-vote-of-confidence-on-senate-president-saraki\/attachment\/xx\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-42431\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full 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