Some of the now settled members of both groups after the meeting. Photo: Premium Times
Senators who opposed the election of Senator Bukola Saraki as the Senate president will soon 'sheathe their swords' and drum support for the ex-Kwara state governor at the Code of Conduct Trial (CCT) on Thursday, March 24, Premium Times reports.
To confirm this, the senators on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), held an unusual meeting Tuesday, March 22 with the Senate president's key men, where they stated that their differences would no longer stand between them and their support for their leader.
Ten senators reportedly attended the meeting held at the Asokoro residence of ex-Sokoto governor, Aliyu Wammako, including five from each of the camps which had opposed one another for months.
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Recall that Saraki has been at loggerheads with the leaders of the APC since he was made the Senate president against the wish of the party which preferred Ahmed Lawan for the post and has had to deal with a case of corruption allegations at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.
Lawan, Marafa, Gbenga Ashafa, and Suleiman Hukunyi stood on the opposing part while Danjuma Goje, Wammako, Sani Yerima, Kabiru Gaya and Adamu Aliero represented Saraki's interest during the meeting.
Wammako who spoke with Premium Times after the meeting which ended at about 6.50pm, explained that they held the meeting to end the crisis that has hit the APC caucus following.
Senator Bukola Saraki
"Effectively the meeting has brought an end to crisis in the Senate between APC Senators who now support the Senate President, Bukola Saraki," the senator said.
Saraki is due to appear at the Code of Conduct Tribunal on Thursday when the tribunal is expected to rule on his motion for the dismissal of the case against him on grounds of procedural error.
Speaking also after the meeting, another senator (of the Unity Forum) informed that there were three agreements from the parley, but of most importance is the fact that they all agreed to have a united APC caucus.
According to the senator who preferred anonymity, "The number three point is the supremacy of our party, loyalty to our leaders and support for President Muhammadu Buhari. The meeting was held in the interest our party and Nigeria.
"It is beyond Saraki, there is no crisis between us again. This man (Saraki) is in court and anything can happen."
Only yesterday, Justice Abdul Kafarati of the Federal High Court, Abuja, withdrew from a fundamental rights suit filed by Saraki to crush the charges of false declaration of assets brought against him by the federal government at the CCT.
Kafarati explained that his integrity had been called into question in the matter, hence his decision to disqualify himself from it.
According to him, his decision comes on the heels of a report on an online publications accusing him of corruption to the tune N2bn, TheCable reports.
Kafarati belives that if he ruled against or for Saraki his decision would be interpreted differently.
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