There’ll be no peace until Saraki resigns, says Senator

An All Progressives Congress (APC) senator from Katsina state, Abu Ibrahim has said there would be no peace in the Senate except Senate President Bukola Saraki resigns.

Ibrahim, who is representing Katsina south in the senate told National Daily that going by conventions around the world, it is the majority party that produces the leadership in parliament.

According to him since Saraki has chosen to defect to the opposition party, the most honorable thing for him to do is to resign his position as the senate president.

“I hear the PDP claiming majority, but it is crystal clear that APC has majority. We will have more members. We will conduct two bye-elections and we will have the two members.

“We also have some alliance with APGA. It is clear that APC has majority. APC with majority should produce the leadership in the senate. Forty-nine cannot produce the leadership. Saraki should resign as senate president.”

The senator said there was no attempt to break into the chamber as alleged by the PDP.

“How do you break into the chamber? If we like we can reconvene legally because it is legal for us to reconvene. We do not need to break into the chamber when we have the number. I will never subscribe to that we can reconvene. The rules are there that if we are up to 30 we can reconvene,” he said.

“Why should we break into the chamber when we can reconvene legally and do what we want to do. It is legal. I do not see why anybody should contemplate that we can break into the chamber.

“I do not know about it and even if I know about it, I will say it is unwise. However, if the leadership does not ask for peace, it will not get peace. Peace is a function of leadership. I have been in the Senate for about four times. I cannot allow anybody to manipulate me. I cannot take it.”

The senator alleged that had been undermining the federal government in the last two years.

“There are some losses that will give you sleepless night. There are others that will not give you sleepless night. We have made our calculation and I am confident that we will not lose. For the past two years, Saraki has undermined the government,” he said.

“He has allowed frivolous motions to attack the President and the government. His continued stay as senate president did not augur well for the APC government. For somebody to be in the same party, same government and he did not see anything good in the president was disturbing.”