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The All Progressives Congress (APC) senators have called Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to join the ruling party or be impeached.
TVC National Assembly correspondent quoted Senator Abdullahi Adamu as saying the APC senators are already waiting for him while Senator Kabiru Marafa says Ekweremadu may be the next to go, except he decamps to APC.
Recall that Ali Ndume was removed as Senate Leader on Tuesday and replaced with Sen. Ahmed Lawan.
Relying on a point of order at plenary on Wednesday, Ndume in a thank you message said that his removal while he went to pray had given him grave concerns.
Ndume said that just as he was removed as Leader without being given a chance or confronted with any allegation, anybody including the Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu could be next.
Ndume however said that he had accepted the decision of the Senators stressing that he was no better than any other senator to occupy the position of leader.
He said: “I was not found wanting for anything that I know.
“Because of the unity of this senate that is more important than myself three times I offered to resign and if that will bring peace but I believe that God’s time is the best.
“You are one of those that even warn me here to stop saying that I will resign, but yesterday I was not around change of leadership was announced.
“In fact if the number of those that lost confidence in me is not up to this number and I am made to know I will resign because I did not become a senate leader in other to lose confidence of any of you.