Oshiomhole walks the Senate suspension tightrope

From Adesuwa Tsan , Abuja
There is an unfolding drama in the Senate. The stage is the same, the pattern familiar, only one of the actors has changed. Anyone who has followed events in the Red Chamber over the last three years can almost predict where the story would end, judging from previous incidents involving lawmakers who publicly challenged the institution or its leadership. The principal dramatis personae this time are Senate President Godswill Akpabio and Senator Adams Oshiomhole.
Signs that all was not well between them began to show when the Senate recently amended its Standing Orders. The review effectively shut out first-term senators who succeed in returning in 2027, as ...