Abia Senator Abaribe Denies Disrupting Senate Plenary For Kanu’s Release
The Senator representing Abia South Senatorial District Sen. Enyinnaya Abaribe has described as false the misleading report that he disrupted today’s Senate Plenary demanding the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu.
In a statement signed by Uchenna Awom, the media aide to the senator on Friday informed that it was deliberate misinformation that tends to narrate a sinister motive aimed at sabotaging the ongoing effort at exploring a political solution to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
He noted that for the avoidance of doubt that the Senator was last seen on the Senate floor last Wednesday and travelled out of Abuja on Thursday for an oversight function in Ikwuano Umuahia, Abia State organised by the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).
He said “In any case the Senate does not sit on Fridays – It conducts its plenary sessions from Tuesdays to Thursdays, making the claim of a shutdown on a Friday baseless, he clarified.
Uchenna further explained that matters that are sub judice (under judicial consideration) are not debated in the Senate.
“The case of Nnamdi Kanu is currently before the courts, and as a rule, the National Assembly does not interfere in judicial proceedings.
“Therefore, Senator Abaribe couldn’t have embarked on such an effort knowing its futility.
“The truth is that Distinguished Senator Enyi Abaribe did not lead any protest or obstructed legislative proceedings”.
He however urged the public to disregard the fabricated report and refrain from sharing unverified information.
Abia Senator Abaribe Denies Disrupting Senate Plenary For Kanu’s Release is first published on The Whistler Newspaper
