The Peoples Democratic Party has thrown its weight behind embattled Senate president, Bukola Saraki.
The party said Saraki was fit for the office of the senate presidency and that it was not considering any candidate to replace him.
Report had it recently that the former ruling party was already looking for a senator from the opposition party to replace Saraki.
Among those being tipped to replace Saraki are Ekweremadu; a former Senate President, David Mark; and a former Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio.
Saraki is currently under pressure to resign from office following his trial for false asset declaration by the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Reacting to the development, the National Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Chief Olisa Metuh, said the PDP was behind Saraki and thus will not abandon him for another candidate.
He spoke with Punch, “We have no candidate for the office of the Senate President, because we have a fit person occupying the position for now.
“We are behind him and we can’t abandon him just because he is undergoing trial. Anybody can be put on trial, but the question we should ask is whether the trial is political or not.
“Does the trial have merit? When we see the merit of the case, we will take position. But for now, there is nothing like that.”
The opposition spokesman said, “We are not even thinking of replacement for Saraki for now. The National Assembly is a separate arm of the government just like the judiciary and the executive.
“Is anyone thinking that there would be leadership change in the executive and the judiciary?
“Are they not independent of the other? What we are interested in is that all the three arms of government must be allowed to function independently of the other. We are saying there shouldn’t be any interference,” he added.
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