Palpable anxiety that might put Senate on the edge emerged yesterday as Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) raised the alarm over alleged fresh plot to use police and Department of State Services (DSS) to forcibly remove Senate President, Mr Bukola Saraki, from office.

National Publicity Secretary of the party, Mr. Kola Ologbondiyan, said the plot, against Saraki, similar to the last invasion of National Assembly by DSS earlier in the year, is to scuttle the success being recorded by PDP presidential campaign organisation in its consultations and winning campaigns across the nation ahead of 2019 general elections.

According to him, “Part of the plot is to use police and DSS to fabricate spurious charges against Saraki, distract him and destabilise PDP presidential campaign, a scheme PDP described as dead on arrival, as Nigerians are solidly behind PDP in the mission to rescue the nation from the misrule of APC.”

The main opposition party said it was privy to clandestine meetings by the presidency and leadership of All Progressives Congress (APC), on how to derail PDP presidential campaign by moving against Saraki.

Senators who spoke last night over the party’s allegation, warned that the move might precipitate crisis and could affect the consideration of 2019 budget.

“I do not think that would be a wise move at this time, considering its overall implication for 2019 budget that is about to be laid,” a senator that did not want to be named said.

Added another senator, “Surely, we would resist it, and that would not augur well for Mr Buhari’s tenure’s last stretch.”

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