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Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Majority Leader of the Senate, Opeyemi Bamidele, has claimed that some senators were planning to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio before July 2024.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

DAILY POST recalls that during the weekend, Ningi stirred controversy when he made the allegation and said a \u201chuge damage\u201d has been done to the north and the entire country through the budget.<\/p>\n

At the plenary on Tuesday, Solomon Adeola, a senator representing Ogun West, moved a motion on privilege over the matter.<\/p>\n

Adeola stated that his privilege was breached because he was part of the processes that produced the 2024 budget<\/p>\n

While speaking, Bamidele, the senator representing Ekiti Central, said the allegation made by Ningi is \u201ctantamount\u201d to a \u201ccivilian coup\u201d against Akpabio.<\/p>\n

The majority leader said the Bauchi senator wanted to use the platform of the Northern Senators Forum, NSF, to execute the \u201ccivilian coup.\u201d<\/p>\n

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

\u201cI 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,\u201d Bamidele said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn doing this, he wanted to use the platform of the Northern Senators Forum. God bless all those who have dissociated themselves from it.<\/p>\n

\u201cA 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,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Nigeria. 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. 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