Senators Threaten to Drag Akpabio to Court Over Senate Presidency

Plans to challenge the outcome of the Senate presidency election in court on grounds that the ballot papers used in the poll had barcodes are not dying down despite efforts made by some ranking senators to pass it as being transparent.

This notwithstanding, former Senate Chief Whip, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, had in a viral video debunked reports that the ballot papers used in the 10th Senate election were doctored with barcodes, saying that “there was no funny business conducted on the floor of the hallowed chambers during the June 13 election held to determine who becomes the Senate President.”

In his words, he said the election in the Senate was very transparent.

But some of Kalu’s colleagues who spoke to newsmen disagreed with him, predicting that the tenure of the newly elected Senate President Akpabio would not be completed.

In fact, two of the Senators from the Northeast insisted that the election of the 10th Senate presidency was manipulated against the candidature of Senator Abdul’aziz Yari.

One of the senators who pleaded anonymity said there are still questions surrounding Akpabio’s victory.

He explained that the ballot papers were tampered with and compromised alleging that such actions were not only undemocratic, but unconstitutional.

He further alleged that a lot of senators who voted for Akpabio did so under compulsion and threat.