The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) said the suspension of Senator Abdul Ningi by the Senate was a desperate move to supress investigation, conceal and sweep the facts under the carpet in the allegation of N3..7 trillion padding of the 2024 budget.
The PDP said this in a statement by its spokesperson, Mr Debo Ologunagba in Abuja.
The party has therefore called for an independent investigation on the alleged N3.7 trillion budget padding by the National Assembly.
Ologunagba said the investigation would help to unravel the circumstances leading to the suspension of Sen. Abdul Ningi(PDP-Bauchi) by the Senate, saying that Ningi was suspended without a detailed inquest into the alleged budget padding raised by him.
“The PDP calls for an independent investigation into the allegation that a staggering N3.7 trillion was discreetly inserted into the 2024 budget for alleged non-existent projects,“ he said.
The Senate had on Tuesday suspended Ningi for three months after he alleged that the 2024 budget was padded with N3.7 trillion by the National Assembly.