Nigeria: You Are Mischievous, Mark Hits Bankole

Abuja — Senate President David Mark yesterday took strong exception to reports that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon. Dimeji Bankole, had ordered the withdrawal of the revised 1999 Constitution from the state Houses of Assembly on the basis that the version sent was fake. A visibly angry Senate president said such "disposition is mischievous and unacceptable".

Mark's outburst may have signaled the igniting of a fresh crisis between both chambers.

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