The Association of Credible Leadership in Nigeria (ACLN) vehemently condemns the recent conducts of the Senate President of Nigeria, Dr. Bukola Saraki for mingling national matters with personal matters.

As the President of the Senate, one would expect that Saraki portrays the image of the country in the best possible light before the international community and Nigerian citizens at large. However, he has not succeeded in doing anything close to laying the foundation for credible leadership in his capacity as the Number Three Citizen of Nigeria.

Unfortunately, different cases of corrupt practices have been filed against him, yet he seats in the hallowed chamber of the National Assembly to address honourable senators on matters that concern this great Nation.

On the one hand, if Saraki will claim that the ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) is not valid enough for him to quit office, the mention of his name in the Panama papers should be a concrete reason for him to honourably step down from his respectable position.

Shamefully, other lawmakers on April 14 chose to introduce a bill for the amendment of the Code of Conduct Tribunal and Code of Conduct Bureau, which goes to a very large extent, to suggest that Saraki is guilty of the charges leveled against him at the tribunal.

The bill, which was rushed through second reading just 48 hours after it was first read, was sponsored by Peter Nwaoboshi (PDP-Delta State), and was subsequently referred to the committees on Judiciary and Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions.

As expected after much pressure, the bill was dropped, albeit, it is a reflection of the mindset of the set of people who are expected to make law for the country. No wonder lawlessness is rather increasing despite the amount of money ingested into fighting corruption and lawlessness in the country.

According to an article on Premium Times, an online media platform, in Nigeria’s lawmaking process, bills are hardly accelerated for legislative action. One would then ask why the lawmakers decided to amend the bill as well as why the level of acceleration granted to it.

At this juncture, the ACLN join the people of Nigeria to express our disappointment seeing the legislative arm of government do otherwise when they should be the makers of the laws that will protect the citizen and the country.

Therefore, ACLN advises Dr Saraki to resign honourably as senate President like his fellow public office holder in Iceland, Prime Minister Sigmundur David Gunnlaugsson. This is very necessary to give way for justice to take its full course, unbiased.

Public office holders cannot continue to hold the country to ransom, living large on tax payers’ hard earned currencies and still flaunt the laws of the land. The ACLN believes that Saraki deserves a fair hearing in all of this, but the CCT, according to its latest ruling should accelerate the trial and dispense judgment without bias.

We have wasted too much of time as a nation than to fold hands and allow one individual, or group of egocentric people put our nation at a standstill. The Budget is yet to be passed and the National Assembly as well as the President does not seem to be in a hurry to address this pressing need.
Hence, like the guys being tried for armed robbery, like the woman being tried for pilfering, Saraki should resign from his elevated position of Senate Presidency to face the full weight of the law, if found guilty by the CCT.

Thus, we urge Nigerians to rise up and demand the resignation of all the Senators that were involved in the idea of amending the section 3 of the code of conduct law. They are all a shame to whichever Senatorial Districts they represent and are not fit as leaders since their credibility is in question.

Consequently, we encourage that the CCT, its chairman and the EFCC do their job credibly without fear or favour and to be assured that Nigerians are solidly behind them.

resign fire ...how is that related to fuel or light issues

@jazzlite gbam na true u talk jare if the man go another thief will come lol. All we need now in Nigeria is fuel, electricity, employments, peace and not killing

ACLN is no God. Neither are they speaking collectively for Nigerians.
Buhari himself is not credible. Start with the head first

@TPAND Saraki na your brother