The All Progressives Congress (APC) has described the poor performance of the Senate President Bukola Saraki at the recent Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Presidential Election as an indication of his rejection.
The APC acting National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena made this assertion in a statement issued on Tuesday.
“With a miserly 317 votes, behind Aminu Tambuwal’s 693 votes and Atiku Abubakar’s 1,532 votes, the PDP delegates have given clear indication that they are fed up with Saraki’s political style.
“When a leader cannot be trusted, cannot be relied upon, and cannot keep agreements, the people take due cognizance and records of these actions and respond with their votes at the appropriate time,” he said.
He said however, that Saraki’s poor performance at the Port Harcourt convention was a befitting end to his ambition.
The APC mouth piece noted that it was not possible for someone who emerged as President of the Senate through conspiracy with members of the opposition party, against the wishes and interests of his own party to be elected as the presidential candidate of a party.
He posited that throughout Saraki’s tenure as President of the Senate, “it has been one confrontation between the Assembly leadership and the Executive or other arm of government.”
“For instance, the supplementary budget of the Independent, National Electoral Commission for the 2019 General Elections is continually delayed due to Saraki’s selfish political machination.
“A selfish Saraki will rather than perform his constitutional legislative functions by ensuring timely consideration and passage of Executive Bills, sabotage the efforts of the Executive in furtherance of his treacherous politics.
“Having sabotaged the President Muhammadu Buhari government while in the APC, he later showed his true colours by formally joining the opposition PDP.
“However, in doing so, Saraki must do the needful by giving up the Senate President position,” Nabena insisted.
According to him, “Saraki should be a distinguished Senator in name and in deed, as he cannot continue to preside over the APC-dominated Senate as a member of the minority PDP.
“The delegates of the PDP have rejected Saraki as their presidential candidate.
“Let the Senators also do likewise by rejecting the greedy, deceitful and unreliable President as their leader.”
