Saraki Must Not Remain Senate President In Respect To His Defection – Omo-Agege

Those After My Impeachment Are Enemy Of Nigeria Democracy – Saraki

Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, a prominent member of the Parliamentary Support Group, a body of the All Progressives Congress members in the National Assembly loyal to President Muhammadu Buhari, stated that the APC Caucus are doing everything in their power to see that the National Assembly reconvene.

He stated that the APC caucus are also against the alleged plan for the Senate and the House of Representatives to have a joint session whenever Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara reconvene the National Assembly.

Omo-Agege while speaking with punch, stated that the Senate President must not remain in his position due to his defection from APC to the Peoples Democratic Party.

The National Chairman of APC, Adams Oshiomhole, meet with the party’s senators during the week on the issue.

Omo-Agege said, “We have the information that they want to reconvene a joint session and that is completely unacceptable to us. Of course, we won’t accept it. The Senate itself has to be reconvened for this purpose. The reason (for postponing the planned recall on Tuesday) is that he knows that we have the numbers now – and indeed we have the numbers now – to remove him. Any opportunity that we have right now, we will get rid of him.

“They have no choice, they have to (reconvene). They are just postponing the evil day. The credibility of the 2019 elections is at stake and it would be a jeopardy if because of Saraki’s selfish interests he refuses to reconvene the Senate towards approving this budget. Saraki must understand that the national interest ought to supersede his personal and selfish interest. He cannot tie down the fate of the entire country just because he wants to hang on a position that we are determined to remove him from.

“We as a caucus are very resolute to remove him and at the slightest opportunity he gives to us, he is gone. We have said that he ought to do the honourable thing, the right thing by stepping down, otherwise he would be humiliated. We have the numbers and we are going to remove him.”

However the Senate President while responding to the move through his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, dismissed the humiliation threat, alleging that those that are seeking for his resignation and impeachment are enemy of the country’s democracy.

He said, “We maintain our position that these are dwellers in the gutter and we won’t allow them to drag us into it. No, we won’t allow them to drag us into the gutter. There are some of them who actually should be in jail now because of their conducts. It is because they have state protection that they are not in jail.’’