Senator Barnabas Gemade (APC Benue North East) has described the election of the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki as an unconstitutional process which cannot confer legitimacy on the senate president.
He also added that the National Assembly Clerk knew that the senate had not met the quorum for election at the time of the election.
Gemade said “This process which remains unconstitutional cannot confer legitimacy on the elected Senate President.
“Our right to participate in the election of the Senate President is a constitutional right which cannot be taken by any persons of group.
”The Clerk of the National Assembly knowing full well that the quorum for election had not been met, went ahead to conduct the election that shut the door to 51 other senators. We like to make it very clear that the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria gives the letter for the Proclamation.
“The Clerk is the one that received the correspondence of Mr. President that there must be a slight delay in order to enable him speak with senators of the APC before they commence the process.
“In the House of Representatives, they were able to catch up because their own happened after the Senate.”
He added that every eligible senator must be present when nomination is made and closed and if all eligible senators were not present then a quorum had not been formed.
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