Making sense of senatorial chaos

0
271


By Afaga Jude

Many of those who by qualification know, or should know, flay the action of Senator Ovie Omo-Agege in marching into the Senate chamber as a treasonous affront on our democracy and have outdone themselves in describing it with unflattering words which volunteer their bombast just by their sound.

I hold a different view and will argue that his actions were in fact an imperative of law, in respect of which he would be at best dilatory and at worse indolent if he hadn’t so undertaken.

Thugs going with the Mace Photo by Gbemiga Olamikan

For the purpose of this conversation, let’s stick with verifiable facts and some understanding of law.

  1. Omo-Agege had said some things which riled the Senate to which he belongs, over its attempt to reorder the general elections due for next year and in pursuance of what it understood as its disciplinary powers over members it assigned…



Read More…..Vanguard Newspaper