The Presidential Advisory
Committee Against Corruption (PACAC) Chairman, Itse Sagay (SAN), has stated
that Senator Bukola Saraki became Senate President in “a fraudulent manner”.
He, however, admitted that his
defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic
Party (PDP), does not invalidate his position.
The legal luminary spoke in Abuja
on the sidelines of a workshop on the ‘United Kingdom Unexplained Wealth Order
(UWO)’, organised by PACAC, the UK National Crime Agency and the Department for
International Development (DfID).
“He should relinquish his
position as a matter of honour. He’s not compelled by law to do so. He needs to
be removed by two-thirds majority”, Nation quoted him as saying.
“He got there because he was in
APC, even though he got there by subterfuge, which is typical of him. He got
there in a cheeky, fraudulent manner.
“Nevertheless, for him to be
removed, they need two-thirds, not of the Senate, but of those present and
voting at a meeting.
“It doesn’t have to be everybody.
It’s those who happen to be there. Once they meet the quorum of one-third, and
he is there, he can be removed by two-thirds of that one-third.”
Meanwhile, the All Progressives
Congress (APC) has stated that Saraki was not fit for the exalted position.
A statement by Yekini Nabena, APC
National Publicity Secretary, also called the former Kwara governor a “traitor”
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