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Senate president removed by colleagues

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    Legislators in the upper house of the national assembly voted 90 to 109 on Thursday to impeach Senate President Evan Enwerem, Reuters reported, quoting his deputy, Haruna Abubakar. Enwerem, who survived an earlier motion to remove him, has been fighting to save his position since a local magazine accused him in July of perjury about his age and schools attended, when presenting his candidature for the Senate presidency. The Senate also accused him of concealing a past criminal conviction. The president of the Senate is the third most powerful position after the federal president.

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