The Minority Political Parties said they will resist an attempt by forces inside and outside the Senate to divide the Minority Parties and foist a pliant and compromised leadership on them.
According to a joint statement signed by Senator Mohammed Adamu Aliero, CON; Senator Henry Seriake Dickson, CON; Senator Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR; Senator Abdul Ningi, CON; Senator Patrick Abba Moro; Senator Onyebuchi Francis Ezenwa; Senator Sumaila Kawu, OFR, and Senator Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah, they pledged to work constructively with the new Senate leadership and the Executive branch to deliver good governance to the Nigerian people.
The statement read, “We consequently hereby advise and caution that they should not aid any group inside or outside the Senate to divide and destabilize the minority parties and the Senate institution.
“Senators of the minority Parties would meet when the Senate reconvenes and, in consultation with our respective political parties, would select its leaders without undue interference from anti-democratic forces within or outside the Senate.
“For the avoidance of doubt, no Senator has yet been endorsed or selected for any Minority position as this would await due process as agreed by all Minority Parties in their last meeting.
“Attempts to foist a one-party dictatorship would be resisted and would fail.
“We call on all members of the Minority Political Parties to work together in unity to defend the democratic institution of the Senate and Nigeria.
