Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has congratulated Senate President, Bukola Saraki, over his defection from the All Progressives Congress.
According to a statement by his aide, Mazi Paul Ibe, he said it took a lot of courage to take the action after having been degraded by the APC despite his position as the number three man in the country.
“Senator Saraki’s ordeal at the hand of the All Progressives Congress is all too familiar to lovers of democracy in Nigeria and around the world.
“Leaving a party which maliciously prosecuted him and subjected him to the most degrading treatment, notwithstanding his status as the nation’s number three citizen, took courage, and I commend him.
“What the APC did to Senator Saraki is what they have also done to Nigeria as a nation. They have degraded our democracy and our economy,” he said.
Atiku described Saraki as a product of the Peoples Democratic Party, under whose banner he became a Presidential Adviser, Governor and Senator.
He said the PDP’s ideology and political philosophy were conducive to Senator Saraki’s political leaning.
