APC Tells Saraki, ‘You Betrayed Our Party’

The deputy national publicity secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Yekini Nabena, has challenged Senate President Bukola Saraki to make public if he is still a member of the APC or not.

Nabena, in a statement on Sunday, said the Senate President cannot continue to play “hide and seek” with the APC, which he says gave Saraki the platform he currently plys his political career.

The APC spokesman further accused Saraki of being the brain behind the emergence of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC), adding that the Senate President has betrayed the trust reposed on him by the party.

Recently, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed, Saraki’s chief of staff, and some aides of top APC members dumped the APC.

Nabena said Saraki can leave the APC if he wants to, but warned that he should “not try to destroy a house that gave him accommodation when he needed it most”.

The statement reads: “Saraki must declare now where he belongs, whether he is for APC or other political interests. He cannot serve God and mammon. He cannot play hide-and-seek. He cannot hide behind his fingers.

“In recent times, there have been attempts to discredit the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and the federal government it controls by a roguish alliance of forces within and outside the party.

“The President of the Senate, Dr. Bukola Saraki, has loomed large in this scheme. Saraki has never hidden his sympathy for those who have launched a vicious attack on the APC, a party that gave both him and the nascent mudslingers the platform on which they ply their political careers.

“The APC is not averse to dissenting positions. But we reject deceit in every shade or form.

“We are aware that a number of Saraki’s aides and close allies have left APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). For example, Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje has returned to his former home in PDP; Saraki’s Chief of Staff, Dr. Hakeem Baba Ahmed has withdrawn his membership from APC.

“We are also not unaware of the fact that Saraki is the brawn and the brains of the so-called Reformed All Progressives Congress (rAPC).

“APC is a democratic institution and Saraki is free to make choices in accordance with the laws of the country. But he cannot continue to take members of APC for a ride.

“Politics is based on trust. Saraki has betrayed the trust reposed on him by the party. If he wants to leave APC, let him leave peacefully, and not try to destroy a house that gave him accommodation when he needed it most.

“His current attitude can only be the action of a traitor or a double agent.”