Party leaders of the APC are speaking in different tongues concerning the plight of Bukola Saraki at the CCT over a case of false declaration of assets.
Bukola Saraki
According to a report from Tribune, All Progressives Congress leaders are divided over Senate President Bukola Saraki's trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
A stakeholders’ meeting of the APC, which held at the Presidential Villa, two weeks ago, was truncated as a result of the cracks in the top hierarchy of the party on the issue, The Nation reports.
Some were of the view that the Senate President should be allowed to carry his cross, while others were of the view that the ongoing trial could speak negatively about the party.
“The party is largely divided on the Saraki issue and I can tell you this is affecting things down the line. It is affecting the way senators of the APC are also reacting to things. The Villa meeting was set up to ensure that the party could extract some commitments from Saraki and find a political solution to the issues at stake, but those opposed to a resolution apparently moved fast," someone familiar with the matter said.
“They started sending messages to some media to indicate that Saraki was going to the Villa even before the Senate President left the National Assembly. He got to the Villa late, but even before he left the chamber, his office had been bombarded by questions from several media. The meeting could not come to a concrete solution that day because of the antics of the leaders, who leaked the meeting, even though the absence of President Muhammadu Buhari also contributed to the meeting’s failure,” the person added said.