Trouble is not yet over for the 8th Senate on leadership tussle among members as the Unity Forum group, on Wednesday, alleged that the Senate was inaugurated on forged document.

The spokesman for the group, Senator Kabiru Marafa, in a statement said members had raised issues on forgery of the Senate Standing Rules with a petition it sent to the Nigerian Police.

He expressed regrets that the investigations by the police have been slow and hence, has not produced any tangible result.

He said, “The problem is that the Senate was inaugurated using a forged document. Who forged that document? We can’t gloss over or sweep that criminality under the carpet, Nigeria is not a banana republic!

“The standing order is an upshot of the constitution, it spelt out clearly in order 110 (1-5) how it can be amended just like the constitution spelt out how it can be amended in section 9 (1-4).

“The insertion of order 3 (2 iv) & 3 (3e i-iiii) in the 2015 edition, is a deliberate act perpetrated by 5th columnist operating within the National Assembly to sabotage the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.

“It was done to cause friction, disaffection and generate bad blood among senators from different zones, and provoke confusion in the Senate with the sole aim of stagnating government business to give them time to perfect their agenda” Marafa stated.

He noted that the insertion of order 3 (2 iv ), was done to favour the Peoples Democratic Party caucus in the Senate, who supported Senator Bukola Saraki to become the Senate President.

SOURCE: NEWS AT 247