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Despite rebelling against the wish of the All
Progressives Congress (APC) for Ahmad Lawan
to be senate president, Bukola Saraki says he
still holds Bola Tinubu, national leader of the
party, in high esteem.
Tinubu was himself opposed to Saraki’s bid to
lead the senate but Saraki defied the directive
of APC to align with Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) to clinch the country’s number three
position, and both the national assembly and
the APC have known no peace since then.
But speaking to journalists in Abuja on
Saturday, Saraki admitted that he was not in
agreement with Tinubu regarding the leadership
of the assembly, but he said he had reached out
to him in the interest of the progress of the
party and the nation.
“Regards to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; as you all
know, he is one of the leaders of the party. I
have great respect for him. We have worked
closely together before. Unfortunately, my
group did not agree with him on this issue,” he
said.
“However, we are both responsible and
committed to the project of the party and
Nigeria that we will overcome this and move
forward. It is part of our plans, as part of the
healing process, to meet with him and it will
happen soon.”
Saraki noted that out of his respect for the
party and President Muhammadu Buhari, he
dropped his presidential ambition.
He accused some unnamed individuals who
allegedly worked against Buhari’s interest of
trying to create enmity between him and the
president.
“I was the first person that stepped down his
political ambition, once General Buhari
announced that he was going to contest the
presidential election. And since then, prior to
the period of election, I worked tirelessly to
support his emergence,” he said.
“Even some of my friends who are not
supporting me now are doing so because I did
not support them in their presidential ambition
and that I supported President Buhari. That is
why I find it funny that the same people are
now claiming to love Buhari more than me. It is
a very funny world.
“These are people that I was begging to leave
the stage for Buhari to run since all of us are
young. They are now the one going round to
say that Saraki did not like Buhari but time will
tell.”
When asked if he would contest the presidential
election in 2019, Saraki dodged the question in
a diplomatic manner.
Progressives Congress (APC) for Ahmad Lawan
to be senate president, Bukola Saraki says he
still holds Bola Tinubu, national leader of the
party, in high esteem.
Tinubu was himself opposed to Saraki’s bid to
lead the senate but Saraki defied the directive
of APC to align with Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP) to clinch the country’s number three
position, and both the national assembly and
the APC have known no peace since then.
But speaking to journalists in Abuja on
Saturday, Saraki admitted that he was not in
agreement with Tinubu regarding the leadership
of the assembly, but he said he had reached out
to him in the interest of the progress of the
party and the nation.
“Regards to Asiwaju Bola Tinubu; as you all
know, he is one of the leaders of the party. I
have great respect for him. We have worked
closely together before. Unfortunately, my
group did not agree with him on this issue,” he
said.
“However, we are both responsible and
committed to the project of the party and
Nigeria that we will overcome this and move
forward. It is part of our plans, as part of the
healing process, to meet with him and it will
happen soon.”
Saraki noted that out of his respect for the
party and President Muhammadu Buhari, he
dropped his presidential ambition.
He accused some unnamed individuals who
allegedly worked against Buhari’s interest of
trying to create enmity between him and the
president.
“I was the first person that stepped down his
political ambition, once General Buhari
announced that he was going to contest the
presidential election. And since then, prior to
the period of election, I worked tirelessly to
support his emergence,” he said.
“Even some of my friends who are not
supporting me now are doing so because I did
not support them in their presidential ambition
and that I supported President Buhari. That is
why I find it funny that the same people are
now claiming to love Buhari more than me. It is
a very funny world.
“These are people that I was begging to leave
the stage for Buhari to run since all of us are
young. They are now the one going round to
say that Saraki did not like Buhari but time will
tell.”
When asked if he would contest the presidential
election in 2019, Saraki dodged the question in
a diplomatic manner.
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