Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, representing Abia South has reacted to the viral reports of shutting down of the National Assembly in any means to demand the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kalu.
Abacity.ng recall that a certain Ejike Ofoegbu (may be not a real name) issued what he termed Breaking News to the effect that chaos had erupted at the National Assembly Friday as Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe took a dramatic stand – demanding the immediate release of Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Senator Abaribe was said to have shut down the National Assembly.
Speaking through a press statement issued Friday evening by his media aide, Uchenna Awom, the lawmaker while describing the reports as fake news, said the fictitious statement was a concoction that defies logic.
The full statement read:
“The attention of the office of Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has been drawn to a false and very misleading report purporting a disruption of Senate Plenary by Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe demanding the immediate release of Nnamdi Kanu.
“It was a deliberate misinformation that insinuates a sinister motive aimed at sabotaging the ongoing efforts at exploring political solution to release Mazi Nnamdi Kanu.
“For the avoidance of doubt, Distinguished Senator Abaribe was last seen on the Senate floor last Wednesday and travelled out of Abuja on Thursday for an oversight function in Ikwuano Umuahia, Abia State organised by the Senate Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC).”
Specifying that the Senate does not sit on Fridays but conducts its plenary sessions from Tuesdays to Thursdays, the statement pooh-poohed the claim of a shutdown of the National Assembly on a Friday which it viewed as baseless.
It went on; “Matters that are sub-judice (under judicial consideration) are not debated in the Senate – The case of Nnamdi Kanu is currently before the courts, and as a rule, the National Assembly does not interfere in judicial proceedings.
“Therefore, Senator Abaribe couldn’t have embarked on such effort knowing it’s futility. The truth is that he did not lead any protest or obstructed legislative proceedings (this Friday).
The general public was, therefore, advised to disregard the said fabricated report and refrain from sharing unverified information.
