"No Gang Up Can Remove Saraki, Ekweremadu"

Following the squabble bicker that trailed the emergence of Bukola Saraki as Senate President and Ike Ekweremadu as deputy, the Senator representing Edo Central Senatorial District in the 8th National Assembly, Clifford Ordia, has boasted that no amount of gang up by leaders of the ruling party can remove the duo.

Ordia who is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), but played a key role in the emergence of Saraki and Ekweremadu, said this in Abuja following a statement credited to former Kano State governor, Senator Rabiu Kwakwanso and other aggrieved interests groups that the emergence of the two leaders was faulty.

He however insisted that the emergence of the two senate leaders was divine, saying the era of imposition was over and warned those for their ouster to either accept their emergence or maintain their peace.

He regretted that Ekweremadu has come under attacks from APC leaders, and vowed that PDP senators will not fold their hands and allow APC losers to remove him.

“We will defend the mandate of Ekweremadu with every drop of energy we have. I do not know why they are bickering and complaining. Senators Bukola Saraki and Ike Ekweremadu got a pan-Nigerian mandate. APC and PDP senators voted for them. Their emergence is divine and we must accept it like that. These two senators are cerebral politicians and they understand the workings of the National Assembly. I have no doubt about their ability to deliver and stabilize the Senate. Their emergence is not about APC or PDP. It is about a shift from the past,” he said.

"No Gang Up Can Remove Saraki, Ekweremadu"