Senate
President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, yesterday, blamed his colleagues in All
Progressives Congress, APC, for the emergence of Ike Ekweremadu as his
deputy, despite being a member of the opposition Peoples Democratic
Party, PDP.
He also denied going into an alliance with the PDP to become Senate President.
Reacting to a Twitter user’s accusation that his action truncated APC’s
mandate, Saraki said: “I did not do any deal with PDP. I did not have
to because even before they took a group decision, 22 of them already
endorsed me.”
Saraki said he never thought APC lawmakers would absent themselves from the proceedings.
The Senate President noted: “I didn’t envisage that some APC members
will be absent from the Senate, especially when the clerk already
received a proclamation from President.
“If a team refused to
turn up for a scheduled match and was consequently walked over, would it
be fair to blame the team that turned up?
“Those that made it
possible for PDP to claim the Deputy Senate President position were
those who decided to hold a meeting when senators ought to be in the
chambers.”
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