The Deputy President of the
Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that there have been plots to remove him from
the office.
He, however, noted that God had
prevented his enemies from carrying out their plans.
Ekweremadu stated this when the
Archbishop of Enugu Province, Anglican Communion, The Most Rev. Emmanuel
Chukwuma, led a delegation of clerics from the Enugu Diocese of the Church on a
solidarity visit to him.
Ekweremadu’s claims were
contained in a statement issued by his Special Adviser on Media, Uche
Anichukwu, in Abuja on Monday.
The statement quoted the Deputy
Senate President as saying, “When people say they are not sure there is God, I
say, ‘Come, let me tell you my story; when I finish my story, you will know
whether there is God or not.’
“My story is one of those that
establish actually that there is God. So, what you are seeing now will also
pass because there is no battle that God cannot fight for me.
“There have been several attempts
to remove me as the Deputy President of the Senate, but, I am not worried
because it is God that gives power and it is only Him that can take it.”
“I have been a town union
president, chairman of a local government, chief of staff and secretary to the
state government, senator since 2003, vice-chairman and chairman of several
committees, deputy president of the Senate since 2007 and I have been deputy
speaker of the ECOWAS Parliament before I became the speaker.
“Today, I am a member of the
Global Parliament for Tolerance and Peace. In all of these, I have never
managed government resources or finances or being in a position to give
contracts or receive contracts.”
He said, “When I was a local
government chairman, I allowed the secretary of the council to run the affairs
when it comes to giving contracts. When I was the secretary to the Enugu State
Government, I refused to be part of the tenders board because of things like
these.
“When I became the deputy
president of the Senate in 2007, there was something they used to call the Body
of Principal Officers that awarded contracts; I told the President of the
Senate that we had to stop it and let the National Assembly Management deal
with contracts, and that if it was to continue, I was not going to part of it.
He saw my point and agreed with me.
“All the oil and election probes
they have done in Nigeria, nobody can mention my name. The money they pay me
for my services has always been enough for me. If you have any proof that I
stole government money, I challenge you to come out and say it. I have never
ever even been in a position to do that.”
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