Saraki May Resign Any Moment As Senators Mount Pressure

AHEAD of the expected judgment of the Code of 

Conduct Tribunal, following yesterday’s commence

ment of his trial over false assets declaration when

 he held sway as governor of Kwara State, Senate 

President, Bukola Saraki may throw in the towel by 

resigning from his position any movement from

 now......

 In other not to be humiliated while on the throne,

 some senators including those who had vowed to 

remain with him to the end of his trial at the 

anti-graft court, yesterday, asked the Senate 

President to consider the resignation option so 

as to save the Senate, as an institution. 

Vanguard gathered that the option was thrown 

to him at a special meeting held by a group of 

some loyal senators, who followed him to his 

Maitama residence, shortly after the end of 

yesterday’s trial at the court. But as Saraki is 

considering the option, senators of the ruling

 All Progressives Congress, APC, appeared to 

be at loggerhead with their counterparts in the

 opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, 

over the Senate President’s successor. 

While the APC senators are insisting on producing

 Saraki’s successor, those of the PDP are favorably

 disposed to anointing one of their own, a 

development that has further polarized the Red 

Chamber. A senator of the PDP fold, who spoke to

Vanguard late yesterday, but on condition that his 

identity would not be mentioned, said Saraki was

 given the option of resigning basically to save the 

 institution of the legislature. ‘”I can confirm to you

 that at a special meeting held yesterday, we asked 

the Senate President to consider the option of 

resignation.

 “We believe that doing so would preserve the 

institution of the Senate, “he said, refusing to 

speak further. Asked whether the Senate President

 was considering the resignation option, the 

lawmaker said ‘” this was just thrown at him this 

evening. We believe that he would do the right thing.'”. 

Meanwhile, names of senators Abdullahi Adamu, representing Nasarawa West

 from the APC and 

Suleiman Adokwe of the PDP were being touted as 

possible replacements of the Senate President to 

press time.

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