Nigerian Police Admits Forgery Was Involved In Senate Leaders Inauguration

The Nigeria Police have ended their probe into the forgery of the
Senate Standing Order and provided a copy of the report to
President Muhammadu Buhari for review.
Sources disclose that the Police report confirmed that the
Standing Rules used to inaugurate the 8th Assembly were forged.
In the report, the Police recommended the prosecution of those
found culpable of forging the orders, which had been used in the
controversial election of the Senate President, Senator Bukola
Saraki, and his deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on June 9,
2015.
The report was said to have indicted the management of the
National Assembly, especially the Clerk, Salisu Maikasuwa and
recommended the prosecution of the suspects.
Acting on a petition by Senator Sulaiman Hunkuyi (All
Progressives Congress, Kaduna State), the Police had on July 6
quizzed Ekweremadu and Maikasuwa over an alleged forgery of
the standing orders.

The petition alleged that some parts of the 2015 Senate Orders
were different from the one ratified by the 6th Senate in 2010,
which was used by the 7th Senate, as Standing Orders 2011.
The Police, on the strength of the petition, had subsequently
quizzed the leadership of the 7th Senate, including former
Senate President, Senator David Mark; his deputy (now Saraki's
deputy), Ike Ekweremadu; former Senate Leader, Victor Ndoma-
Egba; and the former Chairman, Senate Committee on Rules and
Business, Senator Ita Enang and the custodian of the Senate
Standing Order, The Clerk to the National Assembly, Maikasuwa.
A source authoritatively said, "I can confirm to you that the
President has a copy of the Police's investigation report on the
Senate forgery and I can also authoritatively tell you that the
report confirmed that the Senate rules were forged. Notable
among those recommended for prosecution in the National
Assembly is the Clerk because he is the one that keeps the
Standing Orders."