The sudden defection of Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, after weeks of dilly-dally may have been prompted by a query he allegedly got from the All Progressives Congress(APC) on Tuesday, which gave an impression that he was about to come under disciplinary action.
\nHe was given 48 hours to defend his anti-party activities or face sanctions.
\nHis pre-emptive action came on Tuesday as speculations gathered momentum that Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State will jump ship this Wednesday.
\nMany more will definitely throw in the towel and depart the APC in the next few days, a source said
\nThe query issued to Saraki by the National Working Committee (NWC) and signed by the National Secretary of the party, Mai Maila Buni, alleged that he breached Article 21 of the APC Constitution with his activities.
\nIt reads in part: “that you encouraged and facilitated by providing an enabling environment for the defection of some senators who are members of the APC to the other opposition Parties.
\n\u201cThat you have deliberately refused to screen nominees for appointments submitted by Mr President who are members of the party from being confirmed by the senate. This has caused untold embarrassment and ridicule to the party and the government.
\n\u201cThat you have organized a public rally in your state where members of the party urged you to decamp to PDP. That as a follow up to the above the Kwara state governor who is known to be your staunch supporter Had made public pronouncements suggesting that he will decamp from the party as an indicator to your formal defection.
\n\u201cThat you used the office of the senate President to cause avoidable delays in the budgetary process and passage of the appropriation act into law thereby frustrating the implementation of the party\u2019s manifesto and programs and frustrating the APC-led Federal Government in the actualization of the campaign promises of the party.
\n\u201cConverting the guest house of the Senate President to meeting points and presiding over anti-APC activities in the guest house and encouraging defection of senators from the party and presiding over such meetings and compiling a list of the said defectors including some without out their consent.
\n\u201cProcuring joint letter of decampees from the APC and reading same on the floor of the Senate including some who did not accede to defecting thereby causing embarrassment to the party.
\n“Inspite of the efforts to address grievances to reconcile aggrieved members, you worked against the process and encouraged the formation of an association which sought to impersonate and pass off the name of the party\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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