The All Progressives Congress (APC) has
said that it would not allow the leadership of the Senate to slip into
the hands of any opposition political party because it is the majority
in the upper chamber.
The national chairman of the party,
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, was reacting on Wednesday to reports credited
to him that his party was ready to sacrifice the Senate Presidency to
the opposition People Democratic Party (PDP) if the incumbent, Bukola
Saraki, loses his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
He said the issue of losing the number three citizen’s job does not arise as APC is still the majority party in the Senate.
Oyegun, who addressed journalists in his
office at the APC’s national secretariat in Abuja, described the report
as misleading, adding: “Under no circumstances will his party
compromise the leadership of the senate”.
His words: “That misunderstanding is
still on? Let me put it simply. There were basically two points that I
was making. Number one, as a party of change even as a party, we cannot
interfere in a judicial process that is ongoing. That was clear. And
when they asked about the senate, I said under no circumstance can we
compromise on the leadership of the senate.”
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