“Reconvene And See If You Will Not Be Removed”-APC Dares Saraki
The All Progressives Congress has dared the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to reconvene the Senate if indeed he was not perturbed about moves to impeach him. The APC spoke through its acting National Publicity Secretary, Mr Yekini Nabena, said the party’s position was its response to Saraki’s declaration that he was not losing sleep over threats to unseat him following his decision to dump the APC to join the opposition Peoples Democratic Party. Nabena made the party’s position known to Punch via the telephone. in Abuja on Sunday. Saraki had told reporters in Asaba the Delta State capital on Saturday
Saraki: “We Now Know Political Backers of Miyetti Allah Who Are Killing Nigerians” –PDP
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today described the outburst of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association, echoing the threats by the All Progressives Congress (APC) and agents of the Buhari Presidency, to force out the President of the Senate, Senator Bukola Saraki, from office, as ominous and revealing. The statement read: "If anything, this unguarded statement by Miyetti Allah has exposed the synergy between the ruling party and some troublesome elements, who are being used to stoke division and create violent crisis that had resulted into daily bloodlettings in various parts of the country. It is now abundantly clear to
Miyetti Allah Threatens Saraki, Vows To Use Force If He Fails To Resign
The Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association on Tuesday warned the President of Senate, Bukola Saraki, to resign his position immediately or be forced to do so. The Punch reported that the national coordinator of the association in Benue State, Alhaji Garus Gololo, gave the warning in an interview with our correspondent in Makurdi. Gololo said Saraki had created numerous problems for the administration of President Muhammad Buhari, which he said had affected the economic and social growth of the nation. “It is on this note that we are saying that Saraki ought not to be in office again as Senate
Saraki Not Yet Exonerated From Having Link With Offa Bank Robery–AG, IGP
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, says Senate President Bukola Saraki was never cleared of his alleged complicity in the robbery in Offa, Kwara state. Malami, alongside Ibrahim Idris, inspector-general of police, countered insinuations that the director of public prosecution (DPP) exonerated Saraki of any role in the robbery incident, as contained in its interim report regarding it. According to The Nation, they spoke on Thursday in their separate counter affidavits in response to a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by some persons on behalf of Saraki before an FCT high court on Jabi. The robbery, which took place on
FG Plotting To Implicate Us On Nass Invasion, Saraki, Ekweremadu Hinted Nigerians
Senate President Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, have hinted Nigerians that the federal government is planning to implicate the two of them along with some of their colleagues in the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) over the recent invasion of the National Assembly by the Department of State Services (DSS) in a bid to mislead the world and distort the fact of what truly happened. Daily Trust reported that the two senate presiding officers said they got information that the government was planning to use the preliminary report submitted by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Ibrahim Idris to link them to
Nass Invasion: APC Attacks Saraki Again Even As Police Report Indicts APC Senators
The Ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has again hit the President of the Senate, Dr Bukola Saraki, with verbal attacks, calling him a traitor, betrayer and a man unfit to hold a public office even as a priminary report conducted by the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, over the invasion of the National Assembly has indicted some APC senators loyal to president Muhammadu Buhari. The report which was obtained by leadership Newspaper confirmed that the former DG of DSS did not act on his own stead but was working with APC Senators who were having another meeting at
PDP National Chairman, Secondus, Wike, Others Meet Saraki Over Planned Defection
The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Uche Secondus alongside some PDP leaders and governors on Wednesday held a meeting with the Senate President Bukola Saraki at his residence in Ilorin, Kwara State capital. The governors include Abdufatah Ahmed of Kwara State, Nysome Wike of Rivers State, Samuel Ortom of Benue State and Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State The meeting was held after the dignitaries attended a prayer session organised for the late mother of Abubakar Kawu Baraje. Details of the meeting are still sketchy as at the time of filing this report. More to follow… Credit :
Why Supreme Court Quashes 18 Charges Against Saraki On False Asset Declaration
The Supreme Court of Nigeria has upheld the appeal of Senate President of Nigeria, Senator Bukola Saraki, and discharged him of the remaining three charges brought against him in the case of false declaration of assets by the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC). The court also said that senator Bukola Saraki has no case to answer on all the 18 count charges brought against him by the EFCC. Recall that Senator Saraki had filed an appeal at the apex court to challenge the ruling of the Court of Appeal which asked the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) to try Saraki on
Police On Mission To Embarrass Me, Saraki Cries Out
The Senate President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Senator Bukola Saraki has cried out that the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Idris Ibrahim, is on a mission to embarrass him. The statement read: "The attention of the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has been drawn to a story circulating online and apparently derived from a Press Conference addressed by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Moshood Jimoh, linking him (Saraki) to the Offa robbery." Dr. Saraki will want the entire public to disregard this claim as a baseless allegation and another ploy by the Police to implicate him
