Senate President Bukola Saraki is using his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, to carry out assignments which would have been considered ‘too controversial or dirty’ if he had carried them out himself, the senator representing Nasarawa west in the National Assembly, Abdullahi Adamu, has alleged.
Senator Adamu, in an interview with journalists, also accused Saraki of leading the Senate by proxy.
He said: “I have no problem with the senate president; I’m not looking for his seat but somehow he is a kind of guy who is operating by proxy, principle of proxy. You know he has errand boys who take it upon themselves to do the hatchet man’s job. If there is anything that is going to happen and he feels it will be a bit hard to swallow, he will make sure he is not on the stage and he will have Ike Ekweremadu to do the dirty work for him”.
The Nasarawa senator who has been having running battle with the leadership of the 8th assembly since he opposed the senate’s move to reorder the electoral timetable said though he was disappointed on how Mr. Saraki emerged as the Senate President he has decided to let the sleeping dog lie.
