Federal lawmakers have cancelled a dinner with President Muhammadu
Buhari, probably as a result of the ongoing crisis in the national
assembly.
The development comes hours after the caucus of the
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the red chamber announced withdrawal
of its support for the president.
The charge of criminal
conspiracy and forgery brought against the leadership of the eight
senate by the federal government is tearing the executive and the
legislative arm of government apart.
Not long after Buhari
returned to the country at the end of his 13 days stay in the United
Kingdom, where he received medical attention for ear infection, the
senate raised an alarm that the federal government was allegedly
plotting to silence it and imprison Senate President Bukola Saraki and
Ike Ekweremadu, his deputy.
In what seems to be a response to the
action of the government, the senate, on Wednesday, suspended the
screening of ambassadorial nominees, citing irregularities in the
process of selecting them.
A few hours later, a source informed TheCable, that the lawmakers had cancelled their scheduled dinner with the president.
Buhari
hosted service chiefs to a dinner on Monday, members of his cabinet on
Tuesday, and Wednesday was supposed to be the turn of members of the
national assembly.
“Due to the crisis in national assembly,
lawmakers have refused to honour the break-of-fast dinner with the
president today,” the source said.
“They have just cancelled it.
He met with ministers yesterday, today was suppose to be with the
national assembly, tomorrow will be with judiciary while Friday will be
with party chieftains, etc.”
However, another source told TheCable that the dinner was cancelled at the instance of the president.
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