October 17, (THEWILL) – Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, has denied allegations by Senator Elisha Abbo that he influenced the judgment of the Court of Appeal that sacked him from the Senate on Monday.
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja, on Monday, sacked Abbo as Senator representing Adamawa North Senatorial District and declared Amos Yohanna of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as the winner of the February 25 National Assembly election held in Adamawa North.
Speaking with newsmen at his residence in Abuja, shortly after the Court judgment, Abbo, who fingered Akpabio in his sack, had claimed that the Senate President was also plotting the removal of former Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and four other Senators for not backing his senate presidency bid.
“I have it from a reliable source that myself and four other Senators within the fold of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) will be removed from the Senate through rulings from the courts, all because of working against the emergence of Akpabio as President of the 10th Senate.
“I won’t mention the names of all the four other ones targeted but the next in line is Senator Orji Uzor Kalu,” he alleged.
But in a swift rebuttal on Tuesday, the Senate President, in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Eseme Eyiboh, expressed shock at the allegation.
He described the claims as delinquent, provocative and unbecoming of a distinguished Senator.
“It is only a diseased and uninformed mind that will not believe that the outcome of any court proceeding is a function of the evaluation of facts and evidence within the province of the rule of law.
“It is uncharitable for Senator Abbo to pour his frustrations on Senator Akpabio or anyone else and his action betrays the bile he has for Senator Akpabio.
“Democracy is founded on the rule of law, so for anybody to accuse one of the strong agents of democracy and governance in the mould of Senator Godswill Akpabio, such an individual must be a monument of self-pity and his swansong a discordant escape from reality.
“Senator Akpabio, for emphasis, has no ill will towards any of his distinguished colleagues and as he has said in the past, the embers of the leadership election have been buried and replaced by the fraternal bond of nation-building he shares with the overwhelming majority of Senators,” he said.
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