The Senate said has pushed back at claim of past plot to remove its President, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
Former governor of Abia State, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu of (Abia-North), had on Tuesday corroborated past reports that efforts were made to remove Akpabio from the exalted position by some aggrieved colleagues.
This claim, the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele contradicted at Wednesday’s plenary.
“There was no attempt by any of our colleagues, nor any discussion around the possibility or otherwise of the removal of the Senate President from office”, he told the Senate when he rose to draw attention to the claims.
Bamidele emphasised the chamber’s unity and focus, noting, “We are totally united and have developed a zero-tolerance attitude toward distractions because there are urgent issues of public importance we need to attend to.
“Reports like that are calculated to create confusion.”
