Senator Saraki's Supporters Denies Working Against President Buhari

 Bukola Saraki

The All Progressives Congress Senators from the North,  who were among the 81 members of the upper chamber who sponsored the vote of confidence passed on Senator Bukola Saraki and principal officers, on Thursday, denied working against the interest of President Muhammadu Buhari.


The senators stated this  at a news conference addressed by the Chairman,  Senate ad hoc committee on Media and Publicity, Senator Dino Melaye.

They described the publication in a national daily (not The Punch) which alleged that 22 Northern senators who signed the vote of confidence motion on Saraki, were actually those working against Buhari in the senate.

Melaye noted with concern, that the report which tagged the affected senators as ‘Anti – Buhari’,  was wicked,  satanic and unacceptable because all of them actually worked for Buhari’s victory at the poll and had determined to ensure the success of his administration.

He also alleged that the sponsors of the publication were actually the real enemies of the president because their action was capable of causing disunity between the South and the North.

Melaye, insisted that the publication was a great disservice to the country even as he maintained that the members and leadership of the 8th Senate was committed to moving the nation forward by ensuring the success of Buhari’s programmes and policies.

One of the senators,  Binta Garba, (Adamawa North) wondered why somebody like her could be mischievously linked to groups that would be against Buhari when her people were looking forward to Buhari to route out insurgency in the North East.

She said, “My father, who was the driver of General Muhammadu Buhari when he was in the,military,  will never forgive me if I work against the president. It is not possible for me to work against him.”

Also Senator Mohammed Shittu, (Jigawa North East) who recited some Quranic verses in his response, alleged that the people who invited senators to the International Conference Centre on the day of inauguration, were the real enemies of Buhari.

He also rained curses on the writers and sponsors of the publication describing them as enemies of Nigeria.

Meanwhile, the senate on Thursday,  asked its committee on Ethics and privileges,  to investigate the publication, the publisher, and the writer with a view to ascertaining the intention.

The senate president while ruling on the point of order raised on the issue by the Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, asked the committee to submit its report within one week.

However, the claim by Ndume, that the publisher of the Nation newspapers was behind the publication,  angered Senator Oluremi Tinubu, who openly protested the offending statement.