President Muhammadu Buhari and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara are said to have been in a secret meeting to resolve the ordeal of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara
There were indications that President Muhammadu Buhari and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, met on Monday night over the ongoing prosecution of the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, for alleged false asset declaration.
The meeting said to have been held late in the night. Reports gathered reveal that Dogara had reportedly “secured a booking” to meet with Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa.
A senior official of the House told The PUNCH that the meeting was not an open affair and that nobody could gauge the mood of the President.
The official said, “I am aware that he (speaker) secured a booking to see the President this night. But, this will not be an open meeting just yet. I think he wants to first see Mr. President and inform him about the resolution of the House.
“The President’s mood will determine whether he will go on to mediate in the matter to find a political solution as advised by the House.”
The House had in a resolution passed on Wednesday, last week, asked Dogara to intervene in Saraki’s case by meeting with Buhari and the Senate President, who is also the Chairman of the National Assembly, with a view to finding a political solution to the matter.
The move by the House came soon after the Code of Conduct Bureau arraigned the Senate President before the Code of Conduct Tribunal for alleged false asset declaration.
The House had argued that a political solution could save the country the heat generated in the polity by Saraki’s trial at the CCT. It also claimed that a matter affecting the National Assembly could indirectly be a threat to democracy