@initiative.tv: Recap: When Senator Dino Melaye Recalled the Good Memories of the 8th Senate to Mr. President 😆 Wait till the end — you’ll laugh hard! 😂😂😂. Ike Ekweremadu was the Deputy Senate President (a.k.a. Vice Senate President) during the 8th Senate under Bukola Saraki, alongside earlier stints under David Mark. During the 8th Senate under Bukola Saraki, the mace was forcefully removed from the Senate chamber in a dramatic scene: • Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, who had been suspended at the time, stormed the Senate with thugs and forcefully took the mace during plenary. • The thugs escaped with the mace in a black SUV. • The incident was widely condemned and seen as an attack on the independence of the legislature. • The National Assembly later recovered the mace and resumed normal proceedings.