National Assembly, not the Change Nigerians voted for

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Recent developments at the National Assembly were complete departures from the change Nigerians, albeit those who truly voted for change, enthroned in the March and April general elections.
The scenario began on June 10 with the skewed emergence of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, an APC member, and Senator Ike Ekweremadu, a PDP member who was ‘voted’ as his deputy.
In the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara emerged as the Speaker, while Yusuf Suleiman Lasun became his deputy.
Party faithful and those who voted for unblemished change during the March polls were held spellbound, stood in disbelief and consternation, as they watched the drama unfold, as senators schemed and threw overboard party supremacy and ignored the President’s advice, as some members unabashedly sold out the esteemed party to the opposition for a pot of porridge.
“What happened especially in the Senate on that day has never occurred in the practice of presidential democracy in the country, as a ruling party would surrender cheaply to the opposition to enable someone snatch the coveted leadership position in a fraudulent manner suggestive of a planned devilish agenda, a worried APC stalwart notes.
“The Constitution has been cited as superior to the party, as if we are lost to that fact, but does the Constitution say the party should be ignored on issues like this? The demonstration is just the beginning of a grand design to pave the way for APC’s failure in the eighth Republic.
“And the opposition, the PDP, notorious for its dirty eating, swallowed the meal of treachery and now basking in euphoria as a partaker of a fraudulent election in the National Assembly,” the
politician remarks, noting that even among thieves, there is honour.
The politician stated that it was part of the scheming of the opposition to destabilise APC for possible re-emergence in 2019 as the …Read More

Source:: New Mail