Newly elected Senate
President, Bukola Saraki, on Wednesday described insinuations that he is
planning to defect to the People’s Democratic Party, as “absurd and
laughable.”
In a
statement by his media office by Bankole Omishore, Saraki said,
“It is just cheap blackmail by political adversaries, who want to call a dog a bad name in order to hang it.”
He
urged those making such desperate allegations to remember that
he willingly left the PDP on matters of principles when the party was in
power.
He
said,
“Is it now that the party is out of government and in opposition that I will now return, having worked so hard for my party in the last general elections?”
Saraki
said he remained committed and loyal to the All Progressives Congress,
pledging to contribute his quota to building the party and helping it to
deliver its promise of change to Nigerians.
He urged
all members of the National Assembly to put politicking behind them and
settle down for the proper business of legislating.
Saraki
expressed his preparedness to embrace every member of the Senate
regardless of their political leanings in the leadership elections just
concluded.
He
described President Muhammadu Buhari’s reaction to Tuesday’s election of
National Assembly leaders as
“a great mark of leadership and a demonstration of his commitment to democracy.”
He also
commended Buhari for remaining steadfast in his commitment to the
principle of non-interference in National Assembly politics, even in the
face of great pressure on him to act otherwise.
He said,
“This shows that Mr. President is a man of great conviction who, in his own words, belongs to everyone and to no one.”
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