The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, says it has uncovered plans by President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki and the main opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP to attack its members in the Senate.
APC also accused Saraki of taken treasonable actions such as the refusal to reconvene the National Assembly for serious national issues such as consideration of the 2019 general elections budget.
The ruling party reiterated its call on Saraki to honourably resign his position as Senate President or be impeached as APC will get the support of some PDP Senators to make the 2/3 majority required for the impeachment.
Yekini Nabena, APC Acting National Publicity Secretary gave these indications Tuesday in a statement made available to journalists in Abuja.
The statement read, “Our attention has been drawn to plans by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to attack some All Progressives Congress (APC) Senators as part of the PDP’s desperate bid to ensure that Dr. Bukola Saraki clings to the position of Senate President.
“By this statement, we call on security agents to protect APC Senators. If any Senator is harmed, the PDP and Saraki should be held directly responsible. We call on security agencies to also closely monitor the activities of some PDP leaders including Saraki because the plan to attack APC Senators is real and imminent.
“We were informed that the plot was hatched in the private residence of a PDP leader in Maitama-Abuja on Sunday night. The meeting was attended by 15 pro-Saraki Senators including the Senate President himself.
“We learnt that the PDP expressed worry over the APC’s Senate majority and considered several options to stop the APC from taking over the Senate leadership among which is attacking some APC Senators to ensure their inability to attend legislative sittings.
The PDP have recruited thugs for this purpose, we have now learnt.
“During Sunday’s meeting, the PDP Senators planned several types of attack, one of which is to lure some of them (APC Senators) out at night in the guise of inviting Senators to a political settlement meeting and thereafter instigate a violent confrontation during the meeting and unleash standby PDP thugs on APC Senators. Our source privy to the meeting informed us”.
“This revelation has not come to us as a surprise because the Senate President through proxies has made several failed attempts to buy over APC Senators with N100million each”.
Nabena stated that as a Party, APC do not believe in inducing lawmakers to achieve its goal of removing Saraki as Senate President but it will get the support of some PDP Senators to get the required 2/3 vote and impeach Saraki.
He said the party is already talking to some PDP Senators who believe and support the direction of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to achieve its legitimate goal.
The APC Spokesman stressed that, “we reiterate our call for Saraki’s immediate resignation as Senate President. He cannot lead the APC majority Senate. But if he fails to resign honourably, we will impeach him. The PDP’s propaganda and threat of violence cannot save him.
“As Chairman of the 8th National Assembly, Saraki’s decision not to reconvene the National Assembly done with the support of the Speaker, House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Yakubu Dogara further buttresses our position the Saraki is ever ready to pursue his selfish interests over National Interest. This is another brazen display of his penchant for abuse of powers and sabotage of government, however the cost and implication.
“While Saraki and his cohorts continue to postpone their doomsday regarding the imminent Senate leadership change, the yet-to-be considered 2019 budget of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is dangerously delayed.Clearly, Saraki’s actions as Senate President now bother on high treason”, Nabena maintained.
