Finally! Saraki Is Our Man, We Will NotAbandon Him – PDP Opens Up
another to defeat you in the general
election and you now turn around to be
fighting for the same man, there is an
agenda you are working to achieve.
That’s politics for you.
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has
insisted that Senate President Bukola
Saraki is their man and is fit for the
office he is occupying; hence they are
not considering any candidate to replace
him.
PDP spokesman Olisa Metuh gave their
position: “Does the trial have merit?
When we see the merit of the case, we
will take position. But for now, there is
nothing like that.”
The PDP denied reports that it was
already looking for a senator from the
opposition party to replace Saraki, who
is currently under pressure to resign
from office following his trial for false
asset declaration by the Code of Conduct
Tribunal.
Speaking with Punch, Metuh said the
party still believed that the trial of
Saraki was political and that the PDP
would not think of abandoning the
Senate president until it sees the merit
of the case.
He added, “We have no candidate for
the office of the Senate President,
because we have a fit person occupying
the position for now.
“We are behind him and we can’t
abandon him just because he is
undergoing trial. Anybody can be put on
trial, but the question we should ask is
whether the trial is political or not.”
Saraki, a former governor of Kwara
State, is currently facing a 13-count
charge of making false declaration as a
governor between 20013 and 2011.
Since his arraignment before the
tribunal, there had been speculations
that the PDP, which produced Saraki’s
deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, had been
scheming to replace him with one of its
senators.
Among those being touted as possible
replacements for Saraki are
Ekweremadu; a former Senate President,
David Mark; and a former Governor of
Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio.
Nigeria’s two main labour unions –
Nigeria Labour Congress and Trade
Union Congress – on Saturday demanded
Saraki’s resignation on moral grounds
consequent upon his trial at the CCT.
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