The article explores the political dynamics that explain the rapidity of the
impeachment processes and resignation of Nigeria’s Senate presidents in the Fourth
Republic. By means of narrative analysis and utilising content-analysis of primary
and secondary sources, gathered from fieldwork in Lagos and Abuja, the article
captures the crisis-ridden character of the Nigerian Senate from 1999 to 2007. This
article probes the elements of corruption, intra-elite struggle and the dimensions
of legislative-executive conflict in the determination of the internal power struggle
and leadership instability within the Nigerian Senate (1999–2007) and concludes
with the need to address the problem of poor representation in Parliament
