With the ongoing travails of Senate President Bukola Saraki casting a shade on the entire Senate, some members of the Senate 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.
It was 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.
With this up in the air, replacements have already been lined up by both sides and this has of course increased tensions between the All Progressives Congress which is the ruling party and erstwhile ruling party the Peoples Democratic Party.
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 senator in the PDP camp who spoke to the news agency, vanguard late yesterday, but on the 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.
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