The Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu have been tutored on how to live in a prison, a Senator has revealed.
Senator Shehu Sani
Senator Shehu Sani (APC, Kaduna Central), has lectured the Senate President, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu on how to live in a prison, as the lawmakers are standing trial at a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged forging of the Senate Rules book.
It was gathered that Sani, who spent four years in various prisons across the country during the era of late General Sani Abacha tutored the Senate leaders at the Court during their forgery case.
According to a Senator who was at the Court on Monday, Sani lectured the accused persons when Justice Yusuf Halilu stood down the forgery suit for one hour.
"Sani came and lectured the presiding officers on life in the prison. He told them that in the prison there is ranking rule like at the National Assembly. He advised them to cooperate with the Governor in the prison.
"He said after registration, they will be given plates for meals. Sani also told them that they are going to share toilet, bathroom with other inmates and that it is the Governor of the prison that will allocate bed space to them," he said.
When contacted on phone by DailyTrust on Monday, Sani confirmed lecturing the presiding officers on prison. "Yes, is anything bad in what I did? They are my colleagues and as a former inmates, I felt I should educate them on how to live in the prison, so that they will not be caught unaware," he said.
Recall that Saraki had
in a statement he issued after appearing at the Court, said he is ready to go to jail in order to defend the country's democracy.