A Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Clifford Ordia, has said Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu got a pan-Nigerian mandate. APC and PDP senators voted for them. Their emergence is divine and we must accept it like that.
According to him, “We will defend the mandate of Ekweremadu with all the energy we have. I do not know why they are bickering and complaining about it.
He also re-echoed the need to give the National Assembly ample freedom to operate without undue interference from party leaders, adding that the emergence of the two senate leaders was divine.
The PDP Senator, who played an active role in the emergence of Saraki and Ekweremadu, spoke to journalists in Abuja, in reaction to comments credited to a former governor of Kano State, Alhaji Rabiu Kwakwanso, and other aggrieved interests groups, faulting the emergence of the two leaders.
Ordia reminded politicians that the era of imposition was over and warned those interested in their impeachment to accept their emergence or maintain their peace.
He defended Ekweremadu, who has come under severe attacks from APC leaders, insisting that PDP senators would not fold their hands and allow the ruling party to remove him.
Ordia said, Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu will take the 8th Senate to the next level.
“These two senators are cerebral politicians and they understand the workings of the National Assembly. I have no doubt about their ability to deliver and stabilise the Senate. Their emergence is not about APC or PDP; it is about a shift from the past.
“What Senators Saraki and Ekweremadu need right now is the support of every Nigerian in order to succeed. It is a waste of time calling for their removal. That will never happen. Instead of wasting precious time, why can’t aggrieved senators just drop their pride and accept their emergence?”
According to him, elections are over and the time has come to begin to fulfil campaign promises. He said, “We have finished the elections. At this time, political parties should allow their elected representatives to begin work and deliver on their campaign promises.”
