Defection: ‘Saraki Has Stepped On Banana Peel, Only God Knows How Far He Will Slip’

Lawmaker representing Nasarawa West, Senator Abdullahi Adamu has again attacked Senate President Bukola Saraki over his (Saraki’s) defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Speaking in an interview with newsmen in Abuja on Friday, Adamu said the senate president has “stepped on banana peel” and should be prepared to bear the consequences of his action.

He advised Saraki to step down as Senate President to avert consequences, vowing that with his defection it will not be business as usual on the floor of the senate.

“If Saraki knows political intricacies and the political terrain or the path where the banana peel in political landscape is, he will be more cautious,” the former Nasarawa governor said.

“The way he is going now, he has obviously stepped on banana peel and only God knows how far he will slip.

“I will not pretend. I think he made a mistake and he took a wrong decision. He will have stories to tell along the line.

“It is not the best he could have done. He had a duty to his father to keep the flag of the family flying but the way he is going, I do not think he is doing that.

“The defection of Saraki and the other lawmakers is a game changer.

“We expect them to do it amicably and peacefully. They should make sure they do not run away with our crown.

“If they think they will go and nothing will happen and that it will be business as usual, then they need to think again.

“I will not say whether we will take steps or not take steps. We hope that between now and resumption of Senate plenary, more events will unfold. We do not want to be in a hurry to speculate.”

The lawmaker, however, said that if Saraki insisted on leading a senate with majority of lawmakers from the APC, there would be repercussions.

On the belief that Saraki did not do anything constitutionally wrong by defecting, and that there was a precedence where former Speaker of House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, defected but remained the Speaker, Adamu said “it will not happen this time. We are more educated on the rules now.”