Ahead of tomorrow’s resumption of the National Assembly after the Christmas and New year holiday, the Senate said that the issue of invasion of the hallowed chamber and subsequently taking away of the mace by thugs is dead.
According to the Senate, the matter died as soon as the 8th Senate rounded off and the present 9th Senate cannot resurrect it since the immediate past Upper Chamber could not present and consider the report.
Answering questions from Journalists on whether the report of the mace snatching would come up in the Present Senate, Chairman, Senate Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Senator Godiya Akwashiki, All Progressives Congress, APC, Nasarawa North said that the Senate will not start a fresh probe of alleged involvement of the Deputy Senate President, Senator Ovie Omo- Agege in the matter. Senator Akwashiki said.
“As far as I am concerned, anything that affects the life of the 8th National Assembly, any uncompleted report, has expired with the life of the last Assembly. If it is a bill that was passed but not assented to, or any other uncompleted bill, have expired with the life of the 8th Assembly.
“As far as the 9th National Assembly is concerned, even if we want to enact a bill, we have to start it afresh. Anything unresolved issue in the 8th Assembly has gone forever. So, the implication is that the report of mace snatching has gone with the 8th Senate.
It would be recalled that the Senate Chamber was invaded on Wednesday, April 18, 2018, during the Senator Bukola Saraki led 8th Senate which threw the legislature into shock and panic as to the audacity of the invaders and the manner in which they broke security cordon around the Three Arm Zone and at the end, the Senate Mace which was removed by the assailant, was later recovered around the National Stadium, Abuja, two days after.
