Jonathan Plots to Use Security on Senators Who Dumped PDP

Shaken by the bold move of the defections from its camp to the All Progressives Congress (APC), President Goodluck Jonathan and the PDP is plotting to declare the seats of defecting senators vacant and further their grip on some security agencies to oppress Bukola Asari and other Senators.
“The PDP believes that the Senate leadership should brave the odds and declare the seats of defecting senators vacant – in line with the spirit and letters of the constitution. The party is of the opinion that the court should determine the fate of the defecting senators. “As part of the plot, once the seats of the affected senators are declared vacant, the police and security agencies will disallow them from entering the hallowed chamber of the Senate, until there is a ruling by any court. “And since the wheel of justice is very slow, it is technically assumed that the affected senators have completed their tenure.”

 A credible source told The Nation about the secret move.

11 senators left PDP for the APC on Wednesday, raising the number of APC senators to 43, PDP 63.

The PDP is said to be mounting pressure on Senate President David Mark to declare the defecting senators’ seats vacant. But, it was gathered that Mark, who is seen by many as “a defender of democracy” since 2010, declined to join the plot.

A source said: “The PDP is going for the kill because of the threats which defectors might pose to its majority grip on the Senate. The only challenge the party is having is the senate president who, as a democrat, does not believe in recourse to draconian action.”

A former governor, who is one of the defecting senators, said: 

"We are aware of the plot to declare our seats vacant and bar us from the Senate, but they cannot succeed."

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