[BREAKING] Elections reorder: Senate northern caucus sacks Adamu
The Northern Senators Forum has sacked Senator Abdullahi Adamu as it’s chairman. He was replaced with Senator Aliyu Wamakko.
Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, made the announcement of the leadership change at the close of plenary on Wednesday.
Adamu had last week led nine other senators to criticise the amendment to the Electoral Act seeking to reorder the sequence of polls during general elections.
The forum said it removed Adamu as chairman because of “financial mismanagement” and “maladministration”.
“This is to inform the senate that the majority signatories of members of the Northern Senators Forum. We have removed senator Abdullahi Adams as chairman of the Northern Senators Forum for financial mismanagement and misadministration,” the notice by Dino Melaye, publicity director of forum, read
“We announce his replacement with Senator Aliyu Wamakko immediately. Find the attached names and signatories of members.”
