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Wednesday 18 April 2018

"We're not going to be intimidated" – Ekweremmadu says as senate resumes sitting with "spare" mace

Shortly after the mace was stolen, the senate has resumed sitting.

The mace was replaced with another one, said to be a “spare”.

The senators are not supposed to sit without the mace, according to its standing rules. It is not yet clear where the mace in the chambers had been brought from.

Ovie Omo-Agege, senator from Delta state, had stormed the senate with some unidentified persons and made away with the mace, the symbol of authority.

Ike Ekweremadu, depute senate president, who is presiding over the session, said the senators “are not going to be intimidated”.

“We have decided to continue with our day’s proceedings, even if it means sitting till 6pm,” he said.

“They (Omo-Agege and thugs) passed through the entrance, passed through all the gates and took that mace away. We are not going to be intimidated by the circumstances. We will stand for our democracy and defend it.


“It is an affront to democracy and on the senate; it is an affront on the national assembly. But we are going to continue to represent the people here. We are going to get to the root of this matter.”

He also moved a motion, mandating Ibrahim Idris, the inspector-general of police, to recover the mace within 24 hours.

The senate unanimously adopted the motion.

~TheCable.

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