The travails of the former Governor of Rivers State, Chief Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, in the Senate as regards his screening as a ministerial nominee may not be over yet following indications that the Senates of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are making fresh moves to thwart his confirmation hearing.
The senate had on Thursday screened Amaechi in a dramatic fashion, which saw the senators of the PDP ignore him, while their counterparts from the All Progressives Congress (APC) took the floor.
Senators of the PDP who spoke to Sunday Tribune had alleged a breach of trust by their APC counterparts, a development that has informed the fresh plot against Amaechi.
Sources in the senate have said that the lawmakers had, at a closed session on Thursday, agreed to a procedure of handling the Amaechi issue but claimed that the APC senators breached the agreement on the floor.
The senators were said to have agreed that Amaechi be asked to take a bow and go while the report of the Ethics Committee is debated at a later date ahead of his confirmation.
But the APC senators were said to have reneged after the PDP announced their decision not to question Amaechi.
By allowing Amaechi answer some controversial questions, the PDP caucus is said to be angry and has resolved to find other ways to deal with Amaechi before he can be confirmed.
A source said that the PDP will, on Tuesday, push for the approval of the report of its Ethics Committee which indicated that since the issue of the petition against Amaechi was in court, the nominee should be advised to clear the matter in court before he can be confirmed.
“The PDP Senators are in a fresh plot against Amaechi. They believed that they were outsmarted by their APC colleagues who went ahead to ask Amaechi some perceived leading questions. That is why the Tuesday sitting would have to answer a number of issues,” a senator said.
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