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There are
indications that Senators that are opposed to Bukola Saraki’s leadership
of the Senate are poised to ask for his resignation as the upper
federal legislative chamber re-opens on Tuesday.
The anti-Saraki Senators are citing the trial of the Senate president by
the Code of Conduct Tribunal for false asset declaration as a reason
for Saraki to go while his supporters are saying the man should not be
proclaimed guilty before he goes through the judicial process.
Curiously, the Senate president’s “enemies” are mostly members of his
All Progressives Congress while his “loyalists” are from the opposition
Peoples Democratic Party. The saga to expect...
Investigations
by Punch in Abuja on Sunday indicated that both anti-Saraki Senators and
those supporting the Senate president are poised for a showdown when
they return to the chambers.
While the anti-Saraki Senators are said to be resolute in their plot to
end his leadership of the Senate, the pro-Saraki members are said to
have vowed to ensure that the man is not forced out of office.
A strong member of the anti-Saraki faction of the Senate, under the
aegis of the Senate Unity Forum, who spoke on the issues, said his
colleagues are determined to restore the integrity of the Senate by
ensuring that a senator standing trial for corruption would not continue
to preside over their affairs.
The APC senator from the North-East geopolitical zone said, “Posterity
will judge us if we continue to condone corruption in the legislature
instead of distancing ourselves from it.
“It is our intention to reach out to more senators who had yet to see
things from the same perspective like us and we will play our role and
leave the rest for Nigerians to judge.
“The Senate president may rule us out of order while his supporters may
also make noise and shout us out but we will say our own and allow
history to be the judge.
“Nigerians know what is going on and majority of our people now have
access to the mass media more than ever before, so they will also know
the role that each senator plays in the whole saga.
“We are not saying that our efforts alone would get Saraki out of office
but we will do the needful as responsible lawmakers and would encourage
Nigerians to take it up from where we stop.”
Another APC senator from the South-West geopolitical zone, stressed that
it would be better for the Senate president to step aside and face his
trial at the CCT to defend all his assets declarations.
