Police Report on Ekweremadu and Forged Senate Rules Ready

The police authority has said that they had concluded their investigations into the alleged forgery of Senate rules by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and some principal officers and management of the National Assembly.

The police said they had interrogated all the persons involved and that the findings would be made public.

Speaking on the continuous matter, the Police Public Relations Officer, Emmanuel Ojukwu, told Punch that “the police had done the needful.”

When asked if investigators had quizzed all the suspects in the forgery case, he said, “We have talked to all the people involved in the case and by next week, the findings would be made public. The outcome of investigation and legal advice will determine who to be prosecuted.”

Ojukwu spoke shortly after the Senate Unity Forum, a group made up of anti-Bukola Saraki senators, said they were concerned over the slow pace of police investigation into the forgery allegations.

The SUF called on well-meaning Nigerians to, as a matter of urgency, prevail on authorities concerned to commence necessary investigation that would unravel the alleged forgery scandal.

“The so-called new Standing Orders purports to allow for secret instead of the open ballot system that has been prevalent in all Senate elections as permitted by the extant rules. This infraction, among others, arises from the fraudulent production of the Rules without an approved consideration by the 7th Senate.

“At no time was the Standing Orders of the Senate amended during the entire life of the 7th Senate neither has the 8th Senate sat for long enough to produce the rules now being circulated and in use,” said the anti-Saraki senators.

By next week the police authority will release their findings and take appropriate action.