Group demands senator's recall for kneeling before Senate President Saraki

- A group has accused Senator Rafiu Ibrahim of putting the Senate President Bukola Saraki ahead of his constituency 

- The group claimed that Ibrahim takes order from the Senate President 

- It added that a recall process has been instituted against the senator Members of the Kwara South Unity Forum (KSUF) in Kwara state claimed to have initiated a recall process against the senator representing the Kwara South Senatorial District, Dr. Rafiu Ibrahim. 

The group alleged that the senator takes order from the senate president on issue concerning his constituency. In a petition signed against the senator and made available to journalists, the group accused Ibrahim of abusing their democratic rights and intelligence and was not sufficiently addressing human capital development in the area.

Punch reports that the petition dated November 13, was received and acknowledged at INEC on November 14 and the office of the President of the Senate on November 17. 

The president of the group, John Adegboye, while explaining the group's decision to recall Ibrahim said: “A situation whereby, a man we voted for, now comes out openly and with audacity, to state that he needs to consult ‘his boss’, who isn’t even from Kwara South, is nothing but a violation of our human and democratic rights. 

“We find it demeaning, insulting and outrageous that our senator acted as an escort and body guard to the wife of the Senate President when she was arraigned in court on charges of money laundering by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. 

“This unnecessary show of subservience has been interpreted to imply a situation in which we are not the people in control of our destinies. We cannot accept this anymore. 

“It is therefore under these circumstances that the good people of Kwara South today decide to intimate the generality of Nigerians about our intention to recall Senator Rafiu Ibrahim from the 8th National Assembly.

“We affirm that the Kwara South Unity Forum has instituted recall proceedings against the senator representing Kwara South Senatorial District. 

The days of ‘shadow democracy and indirect rule,’ whereby a few individuals become more important than the entire electorate, are over.” 

Recall that we previously reported that groups in Kogi state have already begun to jostle for the replacement of embattled senator representing Kogi west at National Assembly, Dino Melaye. 

The battle for Melaye’s seat follows his recall process that is being instituted by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). 

Though the senator has obtained a court order to halt the process for now, INEC has maintained that it would still continue with the process as soon as the legal logjam is cleared.