Plot to remove David Mark gets underway

Even as the National Assembly is yet to resume from its long recession, there is fear amongst members who have their ears on ground that the ongoing crisis in the folds of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP, may be extended to the National Assembly in a more intense manner.

Popular report has it that some Senators in the National Assembly who are loyal to the faction of the “New PDP” under the leadership of Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje are plotting for the removal of the Senate President, David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark. The said party faction are said to have resolved to take early step towards Marks removal, after having failed to remain sensitive to their plights and the plights of his other colleagues in the National Assembly.

Also jittering over the fever of the impeachment plot is the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Hon Chukwuemeka Ihedioha who represents Aboh/Mbaise/Ngor Okpala federal constituency in Imo state. Ihedioha has been in the position since 2003.

A member of the House of Representatives from one of the North Central states who had pleaded anonymity disclosed that the move against these two principal lawmakers was not unconnected to the lingering crises rocking the Peoples Democratic Party, which he said resulted from the 2015 ambition of President Goodluck Jonathan.

The source had revealed that the Senate President, David Mark is allegedly sympathetic to the cause of President Goodluck Jonathan and has not been walking on the “the path of revolution” that is expected of the 7th Senate like that of House of Representatives.

The Senate President was also blamed for taking All Progressives Congress(APC) members “as friends”, thus, dinning and winning with PDP members in the day while fraternising with APC in the dark, especially on issues of national concern, a state development, the source avowed was detrimental to the expected harmony and peace of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

DailyPost had learnt that since rumours raided the air over the 2015 ambition of Senator Mark, some members of the Senate, especially those from the North-East and North-West geo-political zones have remained on the watch, and strategizing on the possible approach to remove the Okpokpowulu, as he is fondly called by his kinsmen, from office.

Undoubtedly, the National Assembly has since the beginning of the ongoing PDP crisis been divided against itself. The division has been aggravated by the recent national convention saga, after which the Deputy Speaker, Emeka Ihedioha has gone into galvanising and mobilising members of the House of Representatives from SouthEast and South-South to support President Goodluck Jonathan. The Northern lawmakers, especially those loyal to the ‘nPDP’ have as a result of this development vowed to unseat both Mark and Ihedioha, by making them the first victims of the crisis.

DailyPost has gathered that some influential members of the“New PDP” are already lobbying and negotiating with the APC to actualize their interest. One of the gladiators in this ongoing negotiation as revealed by our source is Senator Ahmed Makarfi, Senate Committee Chairman on Finance, Agriculture and Rural Development, representing Kaduna North Senatorial District. Another PDP heavyweight who is also in the ‘lobby’ front is Bukola Saraki.

Meanwhile, our source has revealed that Mark is said to have travelled out of the country and may be returning to the country as soon as the recession is over.

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