NO COURT ORDER BARS SENATE FROM READING LETTER OF DEFECTING SENATORS----APC

The All Progressives Congress says contrary to the misleading statement in some quarters, there is no existing court order barring the eleven former PDP Senators from formally defecting to the APC last week.

APC’s Interim National Publicity Secretary, Lai Mohammed, stated this in a statement issued today in Ilorin, Kwara State and forwarded to our news desk.

Lai Mohammed explained that the existing court order is to the effect that the Senate President and the Speaker of the House of Representatives should maintain the status quo concerning the seats defecting lawmakers.
APC said that in view of this, the argument that the defecting letter cannot be read on the floor, so as not to contravene the Senate's Standing Rules that precludes the upper chamber from discussing any matter that is already in court, does not apply in this case.

The APC stressed that the coast is very clear for this to be done, and the Senate President is duty bound to do so. You will recall that the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, had difficulties convincing Senator Bukola Saraki and his colleagues from insisting that their letter of defection must be read at Senate plenary last Thursday.

The matter is expected to dominate Senate proceedings on Tuesday.