BEVERLY HILLS, August 14, (THEWILL) – The All Progressives Congress (APC) has disclosed that the party is working with some senators from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in its quest to remove the president of the senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki.
This was disclosed in a statement by its Acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr. Yekini Nabena.
“As a Party, we don’t believe in inducing lawmakers to achieve our legitimate goal of removing Saraki as Senate President. We will get the support of some PDP Senators to get the required 2/3 vote and impeach Saraki,” he said.
“We are already talking to some of PDP Senators who believe and support the direction of the President Muhammadu Buhari administration to achieve our legitimate goal.
“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.”
The party also accused the PDP of alleged plans to attack APC Senators in a bid to ensure that Saraki retains the position of Senate President alleging that Senators from the PDP, spearheaded by Saraki hhave hired thugs to harm some Senators of the APC in order to scuttle their plans of unseating him.
The APC has also stated in clear terms, that the National Assembly must reconvene on Tuesday after the Senate President and Speaker of the House of Reps denied any reconvening was ever set for today.
“Our attention has been drawn to sinister 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,” he said.
“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.
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