Former Kaduna senator Shehu Sani has revealed that he narrowly avoided a six-month suspension from the Senate in 2018 for exposing the salaries and allowances of federal lawmakers.
Sani, in a post on X on Thursday, said his suspension was only averted due to the intervention of then-Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.
“When I publicly disclosed the salaries and allowances of the senators, it nearly earned me a six-month suspension if not for divine intervention, Saraki and Ekweremadu’s immediate rescue,” he wrote.
In March 2018, Sani shocked Nigerians by disclosing that senators received N13.5 million monthly as running costs, alongside an additional N200 million allocated for constituency projects.
His revelation sparked outrage among his colleagues, as lawmakers’ salaries are typically kept confidential.
Sani’s comments come amid the Senate’s recent decision to suspend Kogi Central senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months. Her suspension, based on a report by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions, followed her February 20 altercation with Senate President Godswill Akpabio.
On February 28, Akpoti-Uduaghan claimed in an Arise TV interview that her troubles in the Senate began after she rejected alleged sexual advances from Akpabio.
