Political Tension: National Assembly To Hold ’Emergency’ Joint Session Today

The House of Representatives and the Senate are will hold a joint session over the political tension in the country today TheCable claims.

The news platform stated that the meeting is expected to address issues of “the assault” on its members by the executive.

The two houses had held separate meeting held on Monday were some senators proposed that an impeachment move should be commenced against President Muhammadu Buhari.

An insider at the meeting said national assembly leaders in attendance were “very jittery” over the impeachment threat as recent events in the polity “have instilled fear in them”.

As many as 25 APC senators who were planning to defect to PDP are no longer confident to do so after the series of police actions against their colleagues.

Dino Melaye and Shehu Sani have been guests of the police recently after being accused of criminal offences, while Senate President Bukola Saraki has been linked with the Offa bank heist of April 5 by the police.

Ike Ekweremadu, the deputy senate president, is due to face charges of violating the code of conduct law by allegedly failing to declare his assets outside Nigeria.