ABUJA—The face-off between the Presidency and
leadership of the National Assembly may take a longer time
to resolve if President Muhammadu Buhari and his party
insist on the Assembly leaders tendering an apology for
defying the directive of All Progressives Congress, APC, in
the choice of leaders.
This is because the two men are not in a hurry to apologise
for defying both the President and party in putting
themselves up for election into the two key NASS posts.
A ranking Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, lawmaker, who
was privy to the plot by his party to work with a faction of
APC to elect both men against the directive of APC,
confirmed that the two men did not see any reason to tender
any apology to anyone.
The lawmaker, who is from one of the southern states, and
was one of the seven NASS members that spearheaded the
election of both officers, said the two men did not see any
reason to apologise to either Buhari or APC.
The man, who spoke in confidence with Vanguard because
of the severity of the issue involved, said Buhari and his
party were going to the extreme to ask Saraki and Dogara to
apologise over their action.
The lawmaker, who is a staunch member of the National
Unity Forum, pointed out that none of the two men
committed any infraction to warrant the call for apology and
asked Buhari and his party to accept the emergence of
Saraki and Dogara in good faith for the country to move on.
The South-South lawmaker said: “To the best of my
knowledge, neither Saraki nor Dogara will apologise to
anybody because they have not committed any crime to
warrant such remorse.
“The sooner APC realises that these posts have slipped of
their hands, the better for the party and Nigeria.
“The truth of the matter is that there is nothing Buhari or
APC can do to change the tide. If Buhari does not recognise
Saraki and Dogara, Nigeria cannot move forward. Even if
APC suspends both men today, it will not change anything
as that would not invalidate their offices.
“The members of PDP are solidly behind the two leaders of
NASS and any attempt by the Presidency or APC to move
against them in any way would be stoutly resisted by us in
PDP.
“The only option that Buhari and APC have is to allow the
two men to operate as our leaders or face our wrath.”
‘We had a working understanding’
On the claim by Saraki that he did not know who would be
voted for on the day of inauguration of NASS, the lawmaker
described the claim as a ‘mere political statement’ meant to
save his face, saying that he had a working understanding
with PDP lawmakers to deliver him and Ekweremadu as his
deputy.
The lawmaker said: “What Saraki said is just a political
statement to get out of trouble with APC because he was in
the know of what was being planned to get him elected.
“In fact, we negotiated to get him the block votes of PDP
and secure the deputy slot for our man, Ike Ekweremadu.”
It will be recalled that the emergence of Saraki and Dogara
has caused some disquiet in the Presidency and APC,
making it difficult for APC to celebrate its majority status in
the NASS.
Since their emergence, the two men are yet to be welcomed
with open arms by the Presidency and there were reports
that they might be made to tender an apology for working
against party interest.
source: www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/saraki-dogara-wont-apologise-to-buhari-apc-pdp-lawmaker/

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Why would they? When they owe their political survival to the PDP. They are both responsible for whatever relevance PDP is currently enjoying. So yeah, the PDP lawmaker is absolutely right coz they are both PDP hostages.

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