10th NASS: Group takes strong action over plot to elect first-term lawmaker as senate president

  • The move to install a first-term lawmaker as Senate President is being threatened by a strong action of a group known as Defenders of Constitutional Democracy
  • Aliyu Abdullahi, national convener of the group disclosed that his organisation has instituted a suit at a court in Abuja to prevent the plot
  • The group further urged Ahmad Lawan, the senate president, and Ovie Omo-Agege, his deputy, to block the move

A group better known as the Defenders of Constitutional Democracy (DCD) has said that there is a move to install a first-term lawmaker as Senate President.

In a statement on Wednesday, May 3rd, Aliyu Abdullahi, national convener of the group, said his organisation has filed a suit at the federal high court in Abuja, to prevent the plot from happening, The Cable reported.