No Pending Letter Of Defection On My Table — Lawan, Senate President
The President of the Senate Ahmed Lawan has denied media reports suggesting that he is sitting on letters from some senators allegedly intimating him of their defections from the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The story published in some social media and online newspapers insinuated that Lawan was sitting on the purported letters to protect his position as the President of the Senate.
But a statement by his Special Adviser (Media), Ola Awoniyi, the Senate President described the report as “utter falsehood as there is no such letter before the Senate President”.
While pointing out that the report in question mentioned only Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa as one of the affected senators, Senator Lawan said the authors of the report did not find out from the senator if and when he submitted any such letter to the Senate President.
“Obviously, the purveyors of the syndicated lies had not even bothered to confirm from the Distinguished senator if and when he submitted any such letter to the Senate President.
“It is public knowledge that the Senate President has always promptly read out at plenaries letters by senators defecting from one party to another.
“The Senate President is sufficiently knowledgeable about the rules and workings of the Senate and has been discharging his responsibilities within the ambit of those rules.
“That is why he has continued to enjoy the confidence and full cooperation of his fellow Distinguished Senators irrespective of party affiliations”, the statement read in part.
Mr Awoniyi opined that some vested interests want to magnify challenges to sow seeds of discord in Parliament in promotion of their selfish agenda.
“We wish to reiterate that the Senate President is not withholding or sitting on any letter of whatever content from any of his Distinguished Senator colleagues.
“Therefore, any story purporting such exists only in the imagination of the mischief-makers circulating it”, the statement made available to Eighteen-Eleven Media concluded.
