Senator reacts to removal of Adamu as northern caucus leader

Senator reacts to removal of Adamu as northern caucus leader

- The removal of Abdullahi Adamu as Northern Senators Forum leader has been greeted by protests

- Adamu was accused of mismanaging N70 million and was immediately replaced with Senator Aliyu Wamakko

Senator Ali Wakili at the Thursday, February 22, plenary session of the Nigerian Senate protested against the removal of Senator Abdullahi Adamu as the leader of the Northern Senator Forum.

Adamu was removed as leader of the northern caucus and replaced by Senator Aliyu Wamakko on Wednesday, February 21. He was removed following an allegation that he mismanaged the sum of N70 million handed to him by the forum's former leadership.

The deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu, read the letter from the Northern Senators Forum on the removal of Senator Abdulahi Adamu as their chairman.

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Senator Wakili cited orders 14 & 15, and said: "There was no time the Northern Senators Forum met to elect a leader for the forum and after the announcement some senators went and briefed the press on that development.

“My privileges has been bridged because I am not aware of the purposed removal.”

Following his removal as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum, Senator Adamu, denied allegations that he mismanaged funds belonging to the group. He gave his response to the issue during an interview session with Channels TV.

Legit.ng notes that Senator Dino Melaye, public relations officer of the NSF had released a statement on behalf of the group, which noted that Adamu was removed for ‘financial mismanagement and misadministration.’

Adamu claimed that the allegations had been raised against him because he led nine other senators to reject the Senate’s amendment to the sequence for the 2019 elections.

Recall that Legit.ng previously reported that Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, ‎representing Delta central senatorial district, has apologised to the Senate over his comments on the amendment of the Electoral Act to order the sequence of polls during general elections.

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The Nigerian Senate had on Tuesday, February 20, resolved to query him over his allegation that the move to reorder the polls was targeted at President Muhammadu Buhari.

However, the lawmaker raised a point of order at the plenary on Wednesday, February 21, to apologise to the chamber and withdrew his comment.

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