by Yusuf Alli, Abuja


It was learnt that the report was kept in the cooler because of the search for “a political solution” to the crisis.

But the Clerk of the National Assembly, Mallam Mohammed Sani-Omolori, has distributed a copy of the controversial Senate Standing Orders 2015 to senators-elect. Most of them have been meeting on the need to reject the Senate Standing Rules 2015.

It was gathered that in one of the meetings, the legal advice presented to the session indicated that only Standing Rules 2011 could be regarded as valid.

A ranking senator said: “The Standing Rules 2015 was an illegal document because all the procedures for amending the 2011 rules were not followed. The document was foisted on senators; there was no anywhere we sat to alter the rules book.

“The Standing Rules was forged to pave the way for the election of principal officers by secret ballot.

“You will recall that the forgery of the 2015 rules is still the subject of an investigation by the police. The report of AIG Ali Amodu’s Investigative Committee is yet to be considered by the government because some public officers were indicted.

“When the senators-elect met, we decided that the best option for the Ninth Senate is to adopt the 2011 Standing Rules to elect our new principal officers. The 2011 Standing Rules Policy allows open ballot system for the election of new officers.”

Another second term Senator said: “Although the Clerk to the National Assembly, Omolori, has distributed the 2015 Standing Rules to senators-elect, we are not bound by it because it is an illegal document.

“We have been meeting with our colleagues on the need to adopt the 2011 Standing Rules. We hope that we will be able to build consensus on this.”

A senator-elect said: “We prefer to adopt 2011 Standing Rules for the election of our principal officers instead of the controversial 2015 Standing Orders.

“If you look at the antecedents of 2015 Rules, it will create more division for the Ninth Senate. We do not want to start on a controversial note.”

As at press time, it was learnt that the report of the Police investigation into the alleged forgery of the Senate Standing Rules 2015 was still pending.

The probe was effected by a Special Investigation Panel (SIP), which was headed by AIG Ali Amodu (Rtd).

The panel was mandated to find out the following:

..Whether or not, the 7th Senate at any time amended the Senate Standing Orders 2011.

..If yes, what is the extent of amendment?

...The name of the officer that authorised the amendment of the Senate Standing Orders 2015.

...The name of the officer who ordered the printing of the Senate Standing Orders 2015.

...The officer who distributed the printed copies of the Senate Standing Orders 2015 to senators-elect.

...What did they do with the Senate Standing Order of 2011 at the induction”

...Who conducted the induction?

“Obtain the complete Hansard of the 9th and 24th June, 2015 to see what transpired on the floor of the Senate.”

A police source said: “The SIP has submitted a comprehensive reportin the last three and a half years but the government is yet to act on it.

“Definitely, a forgery was established. Also, some members of the National Assembly and top bureaucrats were indicted but action was suspended because of alleged ‘political solution’ to the aftereffects of the investigation.

“If we are invited at any time, we will make the SIP report available.”

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seanfer:


Try and read the content and understand what you read.... The Report says that the Senators-Elect are pushing for 2011 standing order which supports open ballot system which is what APC want also... The 2015 distributed by Sani-Omolori who happens to be Saraki boy is not legal yet....

Nbote:
D summary of everything is dat d Senators and legislators are not in support of d APC imposing leaders and principal officers on dem.. Anoda Saraki debacle is likely to play out

mosho2good:
Wedding in America ��:
Invited: 100
Present at the church: 80
Present at the reception: 70
Gifts: 65
Missing objects: 0

Wedding in England:��
Invited : 50
Present at the church: 50
Present at the reception: 48
Gifts: 48
Objects missing : 0

Marriage in Nigeria
Invited: 500
Present at the church: 38
Present at the reception: 1078
Gifts: 18
Envelopes 70
Delivered dishes: 1092
Missing items:
20 phones
300 spoons
10 cake knives
1 photographer's camera missing
cans of beer
bottles of wine & whisky
kidnapping of 2 of the guests
girlfriend missing gone with other guest
boyfriend looking for gf
Gf looking for her boyfriend
remaining gifts missing
fighting outside
spoons missing
50 chairs broken
5 tables broken
3 decoration curtains missing������

complete the rest of missing objects ��