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The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and his Deputy, Senator Ike Ekweremadu, on Friday, explained how the case of forgery against them, was dropped by the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government, maintaining that it was a “politically-induced distraction”. They explained that the case came at a time, when all hands must be on deck to solve the problem of economic recession biting the people, destroying homes, and creating severe social disorientation in communities. Saraki, Ekweremadu, a former Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa, and a former Deputy Clerk, Ben Efeturi, were all discharged, following the withdrawal of the criminal charge against them by the Federal Government. In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the Senate President on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, the presiding officers of the Upper Chamber of the National Assembly, said the court’s decision was consistent with their position that the case lac