The opposition All Progressives Congress (APC) senators said they would do everything possible, to frustrate the re-appointment of former minister of state, defense, Senator Musiliu Obanikoro as a minister.
The reason the senators gave was due to the alleged indictment in the use of the military to rig the Ekiti governorship election in June last year.
The Senate Caucus APC spokesperson, Babafemi Ojudu who made this known argued that other senators from the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) were also being co-opted into the struggle.
According to the senator, "We will do everything possible to stop Obanikoro from being cleared as a minister.
"Ordinarily, being a former senator he is expected to take a bow and receive automatic clearance but in the present circumstance he has serious issues to clear.
"In a normal society, he should have been picked by security agents and quizzed over his involvement in the criminal act of using the military to subvert a democratic process.
"This is a man who used the name of President Goodluck Jonathan to intimidate and harass military officers. He even threatened to determine the fate of the soldier, as the then Minister of State for Defence, if he failed to carry out the alleged rigging plot.
"It is not only the APC senators that are involved in this struggle; senators from other political parties who are genuine democrats have pledged their loyalty for the noble cause."
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