According to fresh reports, the opposition Peoples Democratic Party is planning to elect a new Senate President following Bukola Saraki's trial.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki
Indications have emerged that senators from the Peoples Democratic Party are planning to fight back following the appearance of Senate President, Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal over alleged false declaration of assets.
It was gathered that the opposition party is reportedly working on a plot which will lead to the election of a new Senate president from PDP, should Saraki be imprisoned.
Security agencies already know about the plot, The Nation gathered.
A source, who spoke on condition of anonymity last night, said: “Some loyalists of Saraki and PDP senators have been meeting on the options available and how to tackle President Muhammadu Buhari.
“At the meeting in Abuja, they resolved to stand by Saraki but if he is convicted, they will make sure that the next president of the Senate is from the PDP.
“They are really aggrieved and have vowed to stop the candidate of the Unity Forum, Sen. Ahmed Lawan, from emerging as Saraki’s successor.
“From the way PDP and its senators are rallying around Saraki, no one needs a soothsayer to know that a bigger conspiracy is in the offing.
“The PDP has not come to terms with the fact that it lost the last general elections.”