Senate President Bukola Saraki has made fresh
moves to reach out to President Muhammadu
Buhari and the National Leader of the All
Progressives Congress, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu,
following the Supreme Court judgment on his trial
at the Code of Conduct Tribunal, PUNCH reliably
gathered.
The Supreme Court had on February 5 ruled that
Saraki’s trial should continue at the CCT. The
apex court had affirmed the propriety of Saraki’s
trial at the CCT on 13 counts of false asset
declaration.
A top government source, said Saraki could not
reach out directly to Buhari on the matter
because he knew the President’s disposition to
such issues.
The source, who spoke on condition of
anonymity, added that the Senate President
resorted to sending emissaries to Vice-President
Yemi Osinbajo when Buhari was on a five-day
vacation and Osinbajo was the acting President.
The delegation was reportedly led by the Senate
Leader, Ali Ndume.
The source said the Vice-President made his
position and that of the President clear to
Saraki’s emissaries.
He said, “Saraki knows the kind of person the
President is and I think he won’t approach him
directly on this matter. But yes, I can tell you
that he is reaching out indirectly.”
For Tinubu, it was gathered that Saraki had
reached out to not less than 10 opinion leaders
and clerics to visit the APC leader at his home in
Bourdillon, Ikoyi, Lagos.
It will be recalled that the former governor of
Lagos State subsequently broke all
communication with Saraki, describing him in an
open letter as an ‘indisciplined and disloyal man
who is a member of the Peoples Democratic
Party in soul’, when he defied the directive of the
APC and became the Senate President under
controversial circumstances.
Another reliable source told PUNCH that Tinubu
was not interested in Saraki’s latest peace
moves.
He said, “Access from Saraki’s camp has been
blocked. Tinubu has been disappointed in every
way. It was the party that picked Ahmed Lawan.
He was not Tinubu’s initial candidate but he did
it all the same.
“So, he has decided to (wash his) hands and will
not say a word again regarding Saraki.
“Efforts have intensified since Saraki’s recent
CCT trouble but Tinubu has been out of the
country.
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