President Muhammadu Buhari has been briefed by the Nigeria Police on their probe into the forged Standing Order of the Senate. The president received the briefing last week in a form of a report.
According to The Punch, the report confirms that the standing rules used to inaugurate the eighth Assembly and elect Senate president Senator Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on June 9, 2015, were forged. The police recommends to prosecute responsible individuals.
The Punch source says the reports indicts the National Assembly management, including clerk, Salisu Maikasuwa.
On July 6, acting on a petition by Senator Sulaiman Hunkuyi (Kaduna State chapter of the APC), the police questioned Ekweremadu and Maikasuwa over the alleged forgery of Standing Orders. Former Senate president, Senator David Mark, former Senate leader, Victor Ndoma-Egba, former Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and Business, Senator Ita Enang were also questioned.
The petition alleges that some parts of the 2015 Senate orders differ from the ones ratified by the sixth Senate in 2010 and used by the seventh Senate as Standing Orders in 2011.
According to The Punch anonymous source, the inspector-general of police, President Buhari has been given a copy of the investigative report last Sunday. However, police PR officer could not confirm if the president had indeed received the copy, saying only the investigation into the case is still in progress.
Senior legal practitioners consulted by The Punch have explained a criminal offence against the state of forging documents like the Standing Rule of the Senate could result in a penalty of three years jail term, a fine, or both, for individuals responsible.
Read the whole report by The Punch.
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