Buhari invites APC senators to Villa over Onnoghen’s suspension

* APC Reps also to meet

President Muhammadu Buhari has summoned members of the All
Progressives Congress in the Senate to a meeting at the
Presidential Villa on Monday (today) over the suspension of the
Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Walter Onnoghen.

Onnoghen was suspended on Friday by President Buhari based on an
ex parte order granted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

He is facing six counts of false assets declaration filed
against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau.

Buhari’s meeting with the APC governors will take place ahead of
the Senate emergency resumption on Tuesday (tomorrow) when
decisions are expected to be taken on Onnoghen’s suspension by the
President.

The APC senators’ meeting with the President, it was gathered,
would take a position to counter the expected condemnation of the
CJN’s suspension by the members of the opposition in the Senate on
Tuesday.

However, the meeting which is going to hold at the Banquet Hall,
is being tagged as a dinner. Invitations to the meeting were signed
by the Director General of the APC Presidential Campaign
Organisation, who is also the Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi
Amaechi.

A source close to the organisers of the meeting who spoke with
one of our correspondents, said the national leadership of the APC
would also attend the meeting.

He said apart from the senators and the APC leaders, some APC
governors had also been invited to the meeting.

He said, “You know that the Senate leadership belongs to the
main opposition party, the Peoples Democratic Party. The party on
its own has taken a position on this matter.

“Also, the President of the Senate, who is also the Director
General of the PDP presidential candidate Council, Bukola Saraki,
has taken a position on this matter.

“So, we need to talk to our members in the Senate and impress it
on them not to allow Saraki to impose his personal opinion on
them.”

APC Reps also to meet

Also, members of the APC Caucus in the House of Representatives
have scheduled an emergency meeting for Monday (today).

The Majority Leader, Mr Femi Gbajabiamila, called the meeting,
according to a text message circulating among the lawmakers on
Sunday.

“Honourable colleagues, there will be a meeting of the APC
caucus tomorrow, Monday, at 4pm. Venue is the White House Hearing
Room 1. Thank you. Femi Gbajabiamila,” the message sighted by one
of our correspondents read.