Senate Leader Ali Ndume has said Senate President Bukola Saraki will
not step down unless convicted by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
He spoke yesterday with State House correspondents after leading
senators to a meeting with the
Acting President Yemi Osinbajo at the
Presidential Villa, Abuja.
The Senate leader noted that it would be hasty to condemn the Senate
president before the outcome of the tribunal’s trial since he had not
been found guilty.
Ndume said the meeting with the Acting President was not to find a
political solution to the travail of the Senate president but to
solidarise with Osinbajo.
Asked on the possibility of Nigerians seeing his visit to the Villa
as one to seek political solution to Saraki’s travail, he said: “It is
not new for people to read meaning. Are you saying that the Senate
president should be convicted before the trial? In our constitution, you
are considered innocent until proved guilty.”
Speaking on the reason for their visit, he said: “This government is
our government. I am the Senate leader, so my coming here today is not
supposed to be a new thing. My coming here should be more regular.
“This is not the first time we are coming here. But this is the first
time we are having the Vice President as Acting President. That is one
of the reasons why we are here.
“This is because we are setting a new example. During the previous
government, the President will just go and leave the place,” he said
Continuing, he said: “But this time around when our President went
for a few days, he transmitted to Nigerians that the Vice President is
to act as the President. So we came for regular consultation. There is
nothing new about it and we will be doing more of this.
“You should expect me to be coming here. Now, we have the budget as
work in progress; we have the Money Laundering Bill before the Senate,
we have many things we are looking at. We have come and consult on
these.”
Among those who accompanied Ndume were Dino Melaye and Abdullahi Adamu.
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