‘Civilian coup’: Senate Majority Leader alleges plots to impeach Akpabio

The Majority Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, has claimed that some senators were planning to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio before July 2024.

Bamidele said this on Tuesday during the debate on the claim made by Abdul Ningi, senator representing Bauchi Central, that the 2024 budget was padded by N3 trillion.

DAILY POST recalls that during the weekend, Ningi stirred controversy when he made the allegation and said a “huge damage” has been done to the north and the entire country through the budget.

At the plenary on Tuesday, Solomon Adeola, a senator representing Ogun West, moved a motion on privilege over the matter.

Adeola stated that his privilege was breached because he was part of the processes that produced the 2024 budget

While speaking, Bamidele, the senator representing Ekiti Central, said the allegation made by Ningi is “tantamount” to a “civilian coup” against Akpabio.

The majority leader said the Bauchi senator wanted to use the platform of the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, to execute the “civilian coup.”

He further stated that a few senators have refused to work with Akpabio after he was elected the senate president on July 13, 2023.

“I stand to say that, what my big brother, distinguished senator Abdul Ningi, who I respect so well, planned to do was tantamount to a civilian coup, which has failed,” Bamidele said.

“In doing this, he wanted to use the platform of the Northern Senators Forum. God bless all those who have dissociated themselves from it.

“A few people who felt they would not give you (Akpabio) more than one year as chair of the senate, want to do everything possible before July 13 to remove you,” he added.