By Oshineye Victor Oshisada
The recent siege on the National Assembly was an aberrant
behaviour. The institution is an august law-making organ of governance.
However, its hallowed status was disdained when the Department of State
Services (DSS) barricaded its gates to shut out the law-makers on August 7,
2018. That occurred on the assumption that the ruling All Progressives Congress
(APC) was contemplating of sacking the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his
deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.
Assumption of the removal of the Senate
President by the APC is not tenable. In law, one cannot take assumption for
reality; it is not evidence. An assumption is based upon suspicion. Chapter V,
Part I Section 50 (2) takes care of the removal of the President or Deputy
President of the Senate. The Constitution of 1999 is supreme, and not a
kangaroo method of removal.
