Abe Explains Early Daparture From Senate

The Chairman, Senate
Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), Senator Magnus Abe, says newspaper reports alleging that he stormed out of Wednesday’s plenary ahead of Senate President in reaction to the non presentation of the defection letter to APC on the floor was not true, insisting that he left early to meet up doctor’s appointment.
While expressing his understanding in a statement of the anxiety of lovers of justice, and democracy over the delay in the reading of the letter, he said “we have confidence in the Senate as an institution and its leadership.
Senator Abe observed that the senate has faced challenge in the past and found ways of protecting and advancing the interest of the country and democracy.
“These are trying times for us, but working together, we will search for and find solution that would accommodate the wishes of Senators and promote our democracy, that is what statesmanship demands and that’s what Senator Mark is known and respected for”, he said.
Senator Abe explained that, where he is dissatisfied with the decision of the leadership “I will express my dissatisfaction on the floor of the Senate and not in the manner proposed by the news reports.