Chairman of the Senate Committee on Navy, Senator Isa Misau yesterday revealed that those behind the travails of Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, CCT, are some hardliners in the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari.
The Tribune reports the Senator as stressing that what was needed to resolve the Saraki matter was political solution, adding, however, that some hardliners in the administration are stalling the solution.
Speaking on the possible takeover of the Senate by the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in an event of Saraki’s removal, Misau said, in an interview in Abuja, that the senators of APC would do all within their powers to defeat the PDP if it came to producing another Senate president.
According to him, “What my friend, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, said will not happen, because the APC caucus of the Senate will, under no circumstances, allow Dr Saraki to be removed.
“But I understand the larger implication of what Nwaoboshi is saying, because our majority in the Senate is very slim, which means we need to be careful and that is why we need to find a political solution to this crisis and this trial of the Senate president at the Code of Conduct Tribunal,” he said.
Misau also clarified that senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, recently decided to close ranks to ensure there was unity of purpose, adding that the meeting had nothing to do with the travails of Saraki.
He also noted that the Senate president remained popular among senators across the geopolitical zones, saying: “I am a Muslim and I know that nobody can be a leader without the will of the Almighty Allah. But I can tell you today that 99 per cent of the senators are solidly behind Saraki. So what we call closing of ranks is actually for us to unite behind our leadership in the Senate, behind the Federal Government and also behind President Muhammadu Buhari.”
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