Senate president, Bukola Saraki releases new statement - 'I'm ready to go to jail....'

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki says he is prepared to carry his cross rather than yield to “the nefarious agenda of a few individuals who are bent in undermining our democracy and destabilising the federal government to satisfy their selfish interests”.


Saraki, who appeared at the Federal High Court today, described his latest legal battle as proof of the “persecution and distraction” that have been visited on him.

His statement below:

"Today we the leaders of the Nigerian Senate reiterate our innocence against the charges filed by the Attorney General of the Federal Government of Nigeria at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on the allegations of forgery of the Senate Standing Rules document.

In our view, the charges filed by the Attorney General represent a violation of the principle of the Separation of Powers between the Executive Branch and the Legislative Branch as enshrined in our Constitution. Furthermore, it is farcical to allege that a criminal act occurred during Senate procedural actions and the mere suggestion demonstrates a desperate overreach by the office of the Attorney General. These trumped up charges is only another phase in the relentless persecution of the leadership of the Senate

This misguided action by the Attorney General begs the question, how does this promote the public interest and benefit the nation? At a time when the whole of government should be working together to meet Nigeria’s many challenges, we are once again distracted by the Executive Branch’s inability to move beyond a leadership election among Senate peers. It was not an election of Senate peers and Executive Branch participants.

Over the past year the Senate has worked to foster good relations with the Executive Branch. It is in all of our collective interests to put aside divisions and get on with the nation’s business. We risk alienating and losing the support of the very people who have entrusted their national leaders to seek new and creative ways to promote a secure and prosperous Nigeria. As leaders and patriots, it is time to rise above partisanship and to move forward together.

However, what has become clear is that there is now a government within the government of President Buhari who have seized the apparatus of Executive powers to pursue their nefarious agenda.

This latest onslaught on the Legislature represents a clear and present danger to the democracy Nigerians fought hard to win and preserve. The suit filed on behalf of the Federal government suggests that perhaps some forces in the Federal Republic have not fully embraced the fact that the Senate’s rules and procedures govern how the legislative body adjudicates and resolves its own disputes.

Let it be abundantly clear, both as a citizen and as a foremost Legislator, I will continue to rise above all the persecution and distraction that have been visited on me. In the words of Martin Luther King Junior, “the ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at a time of challenge and controversy”.

I will remain true and committed to the responsibilities that my citizenship and my office impose on me. Without doubt, the highest of those responsibilities is the steadfast refusal to surrender to the subversion of our democracy and the desecration of the Senate. This is a cross I am prepared to carry. If yielding to the nefarious agenda of a few individuals who are bent in undermining our democracy and destabilising the Federal government to satisfy their selfish interests is the alternative to losing my personal freedom, let the doors of jails be thrown open and I shall be a happy guest".
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  1. TRUTH IS VITAL...

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  2. Oga Senate President Nigeria don change ooo, tell us whether forgery de or not.

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  3. YOU THINK WE CARE. IT IS CERTAIN THAT YOU WILL GO TO JAIL. SO OUR DISHONOURABLE SENATE PRESIDENT YOU DONT HAVE TO ANNOUNCE TO US.

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  4. This government needs to settle down and deliver to us the dividends of the change we worked hard to effect and institute. While there is so much misery in the land, the politicians are busy precipitating unnecessary distractions. The President should intervene to bring reconciliation between the executive and legislative branches on one hand and between the Federal Government and the aggrieved people of the Niger Delta region on the other hand. Nigerians need democracy dividend in concrete and verifiable terms. Time is rolling by.

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  5. Oleeeeeeee, Saraki you must surely end up in jail. Ilorin mesu Jamba.

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  6. 'let the doors of jails be thrown open and I shall be a happy guest".
    What a glorious desire. So shall it be.

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  7. They should leave this man alone pls.

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  8. Criminals whether poor or rich belong in jail. No favours but fairness for all.

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  9. Criminals trying criminals. Worst government ever.

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  10. If u do evil that is what will befall on you as u prophesised

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  11. Because of the Senate seat. APC are behind all this

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  12. Why all these 'dogo Turenchi'? Sarakonda brought this upon himself when he chose to stage a coup against his own party. A certified traitor who is pathologically corrupt. To Kuje Prison you will go walahi!

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