We Are Ready For WAR, PDP Senators Declare

Senators of the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) in the upper chamber have declared
war against the ruling All Progressive
Congress (APC), following an alleged forgery
of Senate standing by Senate President
Bukola Saraki, his Deputy Ike Ekweremadu and
some presiding officers of the House.
The Senators who spoke to a popular daily
ruled out the possibility of fielding any
candidate as a replacement for Ekweremadu,
in case the court finds him guilty of the
forgery case preferred against him and Saraki.
According to a ranking senator from the
South-East geopolitical zone the emergence of
Ekweremadu as deputy senate president in
the first instance made the opposition
senators to play along with the administration
of Buhari.
He said, "The emergency of Senators Saraki
and Ekweremadu, led to the unity we had
experienced in the senate and we have, to the
best of our knowledge, tried our best to
ensure that we support the government in the
interest of the nation.
"This Buhari's government had, times without
number, committed great impeachable
offences that we overlooked simply because
we wanted the nation to move forward. But
now that it is obvious that they prefer war. We
are also ready for battle."
Another PDP senator, who is a new comer
from the South-South geopolitical zone, told
our correspondent that they were already
compiling impeachable offences against
Buhari, since he was also bent on creating
crisis and causing confusion in the federal
parliament.
He said, "What the executive is doing by its
actions is to cause confusion and create
tension in the country and we are ready for
them. It is now glaring that the APC does not
mean well for this country.
"For instance, is this type of self-inflicted,
self-imposed crisis on the country by Buhari,
necessary at this time when the country is
facing the worst social, economic and political
challenges in its history?
"All hands are expected to be on the deck to
halt the free fall of the value of naira against
major international currencies, tackle the issue
of mono import dependent economy, solve the
power problem and resolve the crisis in the
Niger Delta".
Saraki who emerged the President of the
Senate against the position of the leadership
APC that supported Senator Ahmed Lawan's
candidature is also undergoing trial before the
Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged false
declaration of assets while he was governor of
Kwara State.