It was gathered in Abuja, on Saturday,
that the national secretariat did not want to be seen as taking sides
hence the decision to adopt “a wait and see attitude.”
A member of the party’s National Working
Committee who pleaded anonymity because of the sensitivity of the
issue, said, “It will amount to crying more than the bereaved for the
party to dabble into a matter that is yet to be brought before it.”
The party source said from the
information available to him, what transpired on the floor of either the
Senate or the House of Representatives – especially during executive
sessions, is covered by legislative immunity.
He said, “There are procedures for
dealing with issues of indiscipline which acts such as what allegedly
transpired between the two distinguished senators could fall under.
“First, there has to be a formal complaint which will be sent to the disciplinary committee to look into.
“The committee will investigate and also
invite the person who is accused of committing an offence. It is after
we have heard from both the petitioner and the respondent and a guilty
verdict is entered; that a recommendation for disciplinary action can be
made to the relevant authorities.
“All these procedures have to be followed before any action can be taken.”
He further said, “As of today, to the best of my knowledge, there has not been any petition before the party.”
Attempts to get official comments from
the party’s National Chairman, Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, and Secretary,
Mai Mala Buni, who act as spokesmen for the party were futile.
Calls to their mobile telephone numbers
were neither picked nor returned. A response to the text messages sent
was still being awaited as of the time of filing this report.
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