There was a
mild drama at the Senate's plenary Thursday when the Wife of a leader of the
All Progressives Congress(APC), Senator Oluremi Tinubu accused the Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, of demoting her.
Tinubu,
(APC, Lagos Central) who chairs Senate Committee on Women Affairs challenged
Saraki for placing Senator Andy Uba higher than her during the adoption of
votes and proceedings.
Our
correspondent reports that both Tinubu and Saraki are second timers at the
Upper Chamber. They have been at the Red Chamber since 2011.
Saraki had
at the commencement of Thursday's sitting asked Senator Uba (PDP, Anambra
South) to move the motion for the adoption of votes and proceedings of
Wednesday in line with the tradition.
He also
asked Senator Tinubu to second it, but when she stood up, she protested it,
saying " I will second it grudgingly, I won't thank you for demoting me,
God is here.
" I was
a better Senator than him even when we were at the seventh Senate but I will
second the votes and proceedings," she said, and general laughter rented
the floor.
Souce
