The Nigerian Senate has opened an investigation into circulating reports of a supposed plan to impeach Senate President Godswill Akpabio, dismissing the claims as baseless.
During Wednesday’s plenary session, the Senate referred the matter to its Committee on Special Duties to trace the origin of the misleading reports.
Akpabio addressed the rumors, including claims that the Department of State Security had taken over the National Assembly in anticipation of his impeachment. He dismissed the rumors with humor, assuring the public that the Senate remains stable and undisturbed.
The President of the Senate said: “It has just been brought to my attention by one of us that there is fake news trending on social media that the DSS has surrounded the national assembly with possible impeachment of principal officers.
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“There is no limit to social media. We are here sitting down and doing our work very peacefully oblivious of the mischief that is going on behind us.
“This is what we pass through daily. It’s either they use Artificial Intelligence to inject something to turn it around to drive traffic. I understand that they are being paid by YouTube.
“But I hope the public is aware that this is fake news and that the chamber is very stable and the issue of impeachment does not come in.”
Chairman of the Committee on Special Duties, Shehu Kaka, promised a thorough investigation into the matter, and observations from The PUNCH further debunked claims of heavy security deployment at the National Assembly, calling the false reports into question.
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