The All Progressives Congress, APC is insisting that Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, of the minority Peoples Democratic Party, PDP must be removed.  

PUNCH reports that a leader of the APC, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said, ''As deputy senate leader, Ekweremadu is automatically the Chairman, Senate Committee on Constitution Amendment. This is a sensitive position that, statutorily, should not be held by the minority.

''Ekweremadu and his PDP co-travellers will hamper the policies of the Buhari government. By the virtue of Senate rules, a member of the minority is not supposed to be the deputy senate leader; so, he is occupying the post illegally. We know the body language of some of these elements to anti-corruption. Nigerians know the stance of Buhari on corruption and insecurity. These elements occupying positions in the National Assembly must be removed. Otherwise, this administration is dead on arrival.