Marafa at Saraki’s Mercy as Senate Ethic Committee Recommends His Suspension

 

 

 

Senate Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions has recommended the suspension of Senator Kabiru Marafa (APC, Zamfara Central) over his verbal attack on the national assembly.

Marafa had openly backed the comment by former President Olusegun Obasanjo that the nation’s legislature was corrupt.

Marafa Drags Senate to Court

The Senator representing Zamfara Central, Senator Kabiru Marafa, has dragged the Senate to court over plan to sanction him by the upper chamber for alleged unethical remarks.

Marafa asked the court to halt his trial by the Senate Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions Committee.

In a letter to the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and dated February 18, 2016, Marafa drew the Senate’s attention to a case pending before an Abuja High Court against the alleged illegal constitution of 65 Senate Committees.