The
National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Adams Oshiomhole, has
accused Senate President Bukola Saraki of not acting in the interest of
Nigeria.
He also reiterated the APC’s call that Mr
Saraki should resign or be removed from office.
He made this call on Friday during a press
conference held at the party’s national secretariat in Abuja.
“Lastly, in support of my ‘thesis’ that the
Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has never acted in the Nigeria National
interest in view. My parlance submission is the way in which he adjourned the
Senate about two weeks ago.
“The Senate calender is not a secret to the
presiding officer of the Senate. The Senate calender that was known was that
the Senate was going to be adjourned by Thursday. By Tuesday morning, or Monday
night, Senator Saraki used his guest house, write out the name of senators in
provisions, straight for signatories for Senators to decamp to the PDP from the
APC.”
Mr Oshiomole, whose party has expressed
contradictory stance on last week’s siege by security officials on the National
Assembly, also opposed the stance of Mr Saraki on the matter.
Mr Saraki, who recently defected from the APC
to the PDP, said the siege was to forcibly carry out his illegal removal.
“How can a presiding officer arrive at such a
conclusion that there was a plan to carry out illegal impeachment. Until an
action takes place, how can you determine the status?” Mr Oshiomhole said.
“In any
case, Saraki is not going to be the first senate president to be impeached and
I doubt if he is going to be the last but definitely he will be impeached
according to law and to democratic norms. The only way Saraki can avoid
impeachment is for him to do what is honourable which again leads to the issue
of character.”
Making
reference to Godswill Akpabio who resigned before defecting from the PDP to the
APC, he said Mr Saraki should have resigned.
- Premium Times
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