Read what this Senator said about Saraki’s case
-Peter Nwaboshi, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs said PDP will win the seat of the Senate President if Saraki leaves office
– He said a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) will never vote against their own
Peter Nwaboshi
Senator Peter Nwaboshi, the Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, said on Wednesday, March 30, that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) would produce the next Senate President, if Senator Bukola Saraki is asked to step down.
In an interview with newsmen in Abuja, he said the PDP was ready to replicate the current system in the United States of America, where the Republican Party is in charge of the parliament, while the Democrats are in control of the executive.
He added that he always knew Saraki was going to win even when people didn’t think it was possible.
“Well, I wish APC the best of luck if they are making that wild goose chase. But I want you to mark what I’m saying; I was the first to address the press in Port Harcourt and I told them that Saraki was going to win the Senate Presidency and I gave them my reasons.
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“Then, nobody ever thought that Saraki was going to win. People were saying that APC had decided. But it was clear to me that he was going to win and I had to address the press.
“I said Saraki was going to win and that he was going to get my vote. Eventually, we went there, he won. If, but God forbid, because we don’t see it coming, by chance Saraki is removed; I can tell you that PDP will produce the next Senate President,” he said.
While speaking on how the PDP will get the support of few lawmakers to produce the next Senate President, Nwaoboshi said it is not possible for a PDP member to vote against his candidate.
“We only need three and we have it. The calculation is very clear to me. The calculation is very clear for PDP. We know what it will take us. When I told them that Saraki was going to win, I did a lot of mathematical calculations based on the facts on the ground and it is even clearer to me now that the PDP will win it. We will win it.
“We have people and we know how to get the people from APC. We will win and that will be very interesting. I can tell you with what’s on the ground that we will produce the next Senate President.”
“The man (Saraki) is going to court and he is obeying the court order. Until it is proven that he is guilty, no amount of blackmail will make us shift our ground and our support for him. In any case, my party the PDP, we have resolved in our meeting to support him. So, there is no basis for him to resign,” Nwaboshi said.
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Nwaboshi’s statement came barely a week after the all senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) met to get united in support of the Federal Government policies.
The meeting were their decision was taken held in the house of, Senator Ali Wammako, former Sokoto state governor.
Although it was reported that the meeting was make all APC Senators united for Saraki, it was later learnt that senators at the meeting were more concerned about the embarrassment the disunity was causing the ruling party in the Senate.
According to sources close to the meeting, the law makers wanted a situation in which the interests of government would be promoted at all times in the Senate.
However, when Saraki became the Senate President, the unity forum senators were against him while the like minds senators were on his side.
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