The Nigerian Senate Chief Whip, Professor Olusola Adeyeye, has confirmed that the Senate Standing Rules have been altered.
Professor Adeyeye told Channels Television on Sunday that the court would have to determine whether it was forged or not.
“In the 7th Assembly, voting has to be done publicly (but) in this current one, it was done privately”.
The Senate Chief Whip regretted the current situation in the upper house, saying that the lawmakers have not shown maturity in handling the situation.
“Our own rules in the Senate forbid us from discussing matters in the court.
“Those who support our Senate President (Dr. Bukola Saraki) should have given him all the support he needs so as to provide for himself, the best defence in the court of Nigeria,” he said.
Removing Saraki Is Impossible
However, Professor Adeyeye noted that it would be impossible to remove Senator Saraki considering the number in the Senate.
“If politics is a game of number, Saraki has the number in the Nigerian Senate (and) let nobody deceive himself.
“In the current situation, it is impossible because a majority is not enough to remove him (and) by the rules of the Senate, you need 2/3 to remove a presiding officer.
“That number will not come,” he stated.
In his suspicion, the lawmaker said that even though the Senate President loses the case in court, a civil servant would be made the scapegoat.
The trial of the Senate President on alleged forgery of the Standing Rules opened on Monday in a Federal High Court in Abuja.
He has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
