Akpabio said the Senate will soon review the three months suspension it slammed on Ningi
By Emma Ogbuehi
On the heels of threats by Senator Ahmed Ningi of Bauchi Central on Senate President Godswill Akpabio to reinstate him to the senate within seven days or face court actions, the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has given indications of recalling the suspended lawmaker to the chambers.
Akpabio disclosed this while answering questions from reporters on arrival from the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) meeting in Geneva, Switzerland. The Senate had handed a three-month suspension, on Ningi.
Akpabio said the Senate will soon review the three months suspension it slammed on Ningi for claiming that the 2024 budget was allegedly padded with the sum of N3.7trillion.
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Ningi had on Thursday in a letter written by his counsel, Femi Falana SAN, given Akpabio seven days to recall him or face legal action.
In response, the Senate President had through his media aide, Eyiboh Eseme, has said that the Senate, not Akpabio, suspended Senator Abdul Ningi (PDP, Bauchi Central) for three months.
But in what seems a rapprochement, Akpabio told reporters that even though he has not seen the said letter by Ningi’s lawyer, it is already receiving due attention.
He said the matter would be resolved like a family affair and hopefully Ningi would return to take his seat earlier than expected.
Akpabio said: “It is a parliamentary decision. I have not seen the letter yet. But Senator Ningi is one of us. I mean what is suspension?
“I believe that in a few days he will join us. So, there is no problem. It would be resolved amicably. The Senate is a family.”
