The ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, has disclosed that it would follow due process before it will take any disciplinary action against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, the Speaker, House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, and other members who have erred in the course of the National Assembly leadership election.
DAILP POST recalls that the ruling APC has been in serious crisis following the conduct of its mock election, where it settled for Ahmed Lawan and Femi Gbajabiamila as its consensus candidates for the Senate Presidency and House speakership, respectively.
However, the decision did not go down well with other contenders- Bukola Saraki and Yakubu Dogara who rebelled and eventually got the endorsement of the opposition party, PDP.
Addressing newsmen after an emergency National Working Committee meeting of the APC in Abuja, the party’s national publicity secretary, Lai Muhammed insisted that the party had not rescinded on its earlier position to punish the errant lawmakers.
The APC spokesman had in a statement on Tuesday said, that the election of Saraki and Dogara was unacceptable.
He had said, ‘‘The APC leadership is meeting in a bid to reestablish discipline in the party and to mete out the necessary sanctions to all those involved in what is nothing but a monumental act of indiscipline and betrayal to subject the party to ridicule and create obstacles for the new administration.’’
Asked on Thursday if the party would still go ahead with plans to sanction Saraki, Dogara and others, he replied, that the “sanctions would follow due process.”
He added that the errant lawmakers would be notified about their alleged offences and given an opportunity to respond.
On why the members of the SUF were at the NWC meeting, he said, “They are our senators that wanted to confer with the party leadership; they came to confer on the crisis in the National Assembly.”
On the threat by the SUF to contest Saraki’s election in court, the APC spokesman said, “I think the party made its expression clear on the matter, that it is unhappy with the outcome of the election and I think we won’t say anything beyond that.
“What the senators will do is within their capability and rights,” he added. .
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