‘Senate a Coven of Thieves’: Sowore Calls for Scrapping of Nigerian Senate

Nigerian political activist and journalist Omoyele Sowore has called for the scrapping of the Nigerian Senate.

The convener of the RevolutionNow movement made this statement in reaction to allegations that Senators received N500 million each from the 2024 budget.

According to Senator Agom Jarigbe representing Cross River North, the Senate has become a “coven of thieves” and a retirement home for liars and corrupt former governors.

The revelation was made during a session on the alleged padding of the 2024 budget.

Senator Abdul Ningi of Bauchi Central had previously claimed that N3.7 trillion was padded into the 2024 budget. In response, Sowore took to X to express his views on the matter.

“It’s time we seriously move to abolish the bi-cameral legislative system, especially the @NGRSenate, which has always been a coven of thieves; it is the retirement home of chronic liars, never-do-wells, and corrupt former governors in Nigeria.

We need a unicameral legislative arm with no more than 100 part-time lawmakers. #RevolutionNow,” he wrote.

This call for the Nigerian Senate’s abolition comes amidst growing concerns about corruption and mismanagement of public funds in the country.