Senate President David Mark, yesterday, described as dubious and embarrassing, allegation by the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, attached to the National Assembly that his (David Mark) security details were the ones who threw teargas canister at the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Aminu Tambuwal when the police invaded the National Assembly last month. The DPO had allegedly told the Senator Ahmed Makarfi Ad-Hoc committee investigating the invasion of the National Assembly on November 20, that it was not Police officers from the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, that tear-gassed the Speaker and some other members of the House of Representatives, but rather the Senate President’s security details. The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) National Publicity Secretary, Chief Olisa Metuh says the choice of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo as running mate to All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari, Metuh is a confirmation that the party was a ‘’personal project’’. He expressed concern that if power shifted to APC, it would be controlled by the owner of the ‘’project’’, adding that the country would be in a problem because the owner of the party was desperate to control political and economic power. A Federal High Court in Abuja has set aside the summons of the House of Representatives on the Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, over a proposed probe of her alleged waste of public funds of chartered jet for unofficial purposes. Justice Ahmed Mohammed on Wednesday voided the summons in a judgment in the suit filed by the minister, her ministry and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to challenge the validity of the House’s invitation. The minster allegedly spent about N10bn of public fund on charter and maintenance of an 850 Challenger jet for unofficial purposes. This informed why the House Committee on Public Accounts had through letters dated March 26, 2014, summoned her and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation to appear before it for the purposes of investigating the allegations. The judge in his judgment held that that the summons was invalid as there was no evidence before the court to show that the House resolution from which the summons emanated was published in the journal of the Natational Assembly or the official gazette of the Federal Government of Nigeria. Join us now on The Podium live @ 8.45am and drop your comments ahead.
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 07:42:02 +0000
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