Saraki Suspends Buhari Support Group In Senate

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has suspended a parliamentary support group for President Muhammadu Buhari.

The support group was chaired by senator representing Nasarawa west, Abdullahi Adamu.

Members of the group included suspended Delta senator, Ovie Omo-Agege, late Ali Wakili, senator representing Bauchi south; Binta Garba, senator representing Adamawa north; and Umaru Kurfi, senator representing, Katsina central; amongst other.

Saraki, during plenary queried the members of the group, stating that he has “the right to lead that more than anyone else”.

He said, “Distinguished colleagues, a number of points have been raised. One borders on the issue of preserving the integrity of this institution. To me, that is what I think is the most important thing for us.

“Second, is where we take actions that are not sincere. I think in this chamber, if we want to talk about who has the right to say he is chairman of a Parliamentary Support Group for Mr President both by action and by what we have done, I think that I have the right to lead that more than anyone else here.

“Those of us that understand politics, understand that because of our own peculiar interest, sometimes some people decide to act like they are holier than thou or more committed — at the expense of others. This is not something that we should tolerate, and I believe that in an institution like this we must show discipline, but at the same time we must also show compassion.

“Distinguished colleagues, there must be discipline. We must show that such groups must be suspended and the case in court must be withdrawn. I think by that we would have captured, no more of this kind of groups in the senate.”