President Muhammadu Buhari must caution the Attorney-General of the Federation over the proposed prosecution of the Senate Presiding Officers for forgery in order to avoid anarchy and constitutional crisis in the country.

The Senate through the Chairman of its Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Sabi Abdullahi, described the forgery case instituted against Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, as unconstitutional, and a violation of the principles of separation of powers, checks and balances.

The AGF’s Office had already instituted a forgery and conspiracy case against Saraki, Ekweremadu, the immediate past Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and the Clerk of the Senate, Ben Efeturi, at an Abuja Federal High Court.

But the Senate said, they were compelled to alert the good people of Nigeria and the international community that democracy was in danger and that the attempt by the Executive Arm of the Federal Government to muzzle the legislature and criminalise legislative processes to cause leadership change in the National Assembly was a return to the era of impunity and lack of respect for due process which we all fought to abolish.

It urge President Muhammadu Buhari to please call his Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, to order.

The Senate of the Federal Republic voted freely to elect its leadership into office and continuing attempts to change that leadership through the wanton abuse of judicial processes cannot stand in the eyes of the world.