About one hundred and nine Senators from all the Geo political zones have reiterates their support for the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki following indications that some members of his party All Progressives Congress are in serious move to unseat the Kwara state born politician as the leader of the Upper Chamber.
The spokesperson for the Senate, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi who made this known over the weekend said certain persons had been against Saraki since he assumed office as the senate President and any scheme to remove him from his position would be futile because senators have the right to select their leaders by election, which they had done.
Abdullahi in briefing journalist on the move by some persons in the ruling All Progressives Congress APC to sack Saraki as the Senate president in the guise of Code of Conduct Tribunal said said “Nobody can remove Saraki. We elected him and we are not ready to remove him yet. From day one, they never wanted Saraki. What we are saying is that the right to choose the Senate President lies with senators and we have chosen him as our leader.
In his words Abdullahi said “From everything he has been doing as chairman of the National Assembly and as President of the Senate, he has provided stability and also influence the amendments by the House of Representatives on the Electoral Act, which made changes in the election order The true face of democracy is the parliament and since Saraki came in, we have not failed this democracy. He has not only brought this to the National Assembly, but the entire country.
According to the Senate spokesman the conference committee inaugurated to reconcile the differences between the factions of the Senate and that of the House, would meet this week, all the key issues have been debated and agreed upon. what is remaining is just to bring the two chambers together through the conference committee by next week, as the areas of contention are not much.
Speaking further Abdullahi said “What we did was transparent; INEC was part of it. People with interest were part of it. Since we are passing what is popular, the presidency too should not take time in assenting to it. If the president decides to veto the bill, we will know what to do when we get to that bridge. For now, I do not envisage that extreme situation. This is a democracy. I am hoping that we work based on a consensus and at the end of the day, we should be able to agree. The interest of Nigerians is paramount and we will not take it for granted.”
