Senate Rules Forgery: Buhari Won’t Stop Trial Of Saraki, Others

Senate Rules Forgery: Buhari Won’t Stop Trial Of Saraki, Others

The Presidency has warned that President Muhammadu Buhari would not stop the prosecution of anyone, be it Senate President Bukola Saraki, DSP Ike Ekweremadu, or other highly placed individual indicted in the report of the Nigeria Police on the forgery of the Senate Standing Order for 2015.

“They do not need the President’s clearance to prosecute anybody found guilty of any investigation. President Muhammadu Buhari, as all Nigerians know, believes very strongly in the rule of law.
“The President will therefore not do anything that will stop the judicial process. He won’t stop it (the trial of suspects in the Senate forgery case).”


The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, said this in an exclusive interview with Punch in Abuja.

Shehu said Buhari believed in the rule of law and would not do anything that would derail any judicial process, stressing that those who were constitutionally saddled with the process did not need the President’s clearance to do their job.

There were reports on Sunday that the police investigation had confirmed that the Senate order was forged and that the police had recommended that some National Assembly members should be prosecuted.

The police had invited the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu and some other National Assembly officials over a petition alleging that the Senate standing rules were tampered with in the conduct of the election of Senate President Bukola Saraki, Ekweremadu and other principal officers on June 9.

Some lawyers said the offence is criminal and the culprits would be made to face the wrath of the law.