Senate President, Ahmad Lawan says no defection letter has been submitted to him as claimed by some news outlets.
Ola Awoniyi, a media aide to Lawan, made this known in a statement on Saturday.
There were reports that at least 12 senators from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) had submitted their defection letters to Lawan who had allegedly refused to read them over the fear of impeaching him in the upper chamber.
But Lawan has said the reports are false.
The statement read: “We have seen a story on social media and some online newspapers purporting that the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, is sitting on letters from some senators allegedly intimating him of their defections from the All Progressives Congress.
“The story insinuated that Lawan is sitting on the purported letters to protect his position as the President of the Senate. We hereby state categorically that the story is utter falsehood as there is no such letter before the Senate President.”
The report mentioned only Senator Adamu Bulkachuwa as one of the affected senators.
It added: “Obviously, the purveyors of the syndicated lies had not even bothered to confirm from the Distinguished Senator if and when he submitted any such letter to the Senate President. It is public knowledge that the Senate President has always promptly read out at plenaries letters by senators defecting from one party to another.
“The Senate President is sufficiently knowledgeable about the rules and workings of the Senate and has been discharging his responsibilities within the ambit of those rules.
“That is why he has continued to enjoy the confidence and full cooperation of his fellow Distinguished Senators, irrespective of party affiliations.”
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