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The All Progressives Congress (APC) national
leader, , Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has allegedly walked out a
pro-Saraki senator a South-West caucus meeting.
The Punch reports that the senator, Tayo Alasoadura, who represents Ondo central senatorial district, was barred from entering the meeting because he allegedly supported Senate President Bukola Saraki, thereby working against the interest of the party’s South-West leadership.
The said senator was said to have been among the senators that followed Saraki to the Code of Conduct Tribunal in solidarity on Tuesday. September 22. A reliable source told The Punch that the senator’s disloyalty to Tinubu has however caused him so many things.
The source told The Punch: “Alasoadura was a Commissioner for Finance under the late Dr. Olusegun Agagu for over five years. He later defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the Action Congress of Nigeria. Tinubu accepted him and appointed him the Director-General of the Rotimi Akeredolu governorship campaign organisation in 2013.
“Alasoadura was not even supposed to have emerged the senatorial candidate of the APC in the last election but the party favoured him. However, when he got to the Senate, he returned to his PDP family and started working against the party. He also supported Saraki against the interest of the party. When Tinubu convened a South-West meeting in Abuja during the height of the National Assembly crisis, Alasoadura came.
However, Tinubu walked him out of the meeting and told his orderly to ensure that the senator was escorted off the premises. Tinubu also warned senators present to ensure that sensitive issues were not discussed in the presence of Alasoadura as he was an enemy within.”
Although the Ondo state senator has been said to have pledged his total loyalty to the APC national leader and denying ever supporting Saraki, two days later, things still remain as they are. Alasoadura was said to have claimed everything he’s doing was in the best interest of his constituents.
But an anonymous APC leader said that the fact that Alasoadura accompanied Saraki to the Code of Conduct Tribunal in solidarity on Tuesday, confirmed their suspicions. The APC leader further assured The Punch that the party would ensure that he is forever irrelevant in the APC.
Meanwhile, Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba, on behalf of the Eighth Senate, has said the senate is solidly behind the embattled senate president, Bukola Saraki. Bukola Saraki on his part has also said his appearance before the Code of Conduct Tribunal has further demonstrate his belief in the rule of law and respect for the judiciary of the country.
Recall that the CCT ordered the arrest of Saraki yesterday, September 21, for failing to appear at the tribunal court to stand trial for a 13-count charge of corruption levelled against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau following his asset declaration.
Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu
The Punch reports that the senator, Tayo Alasoadura, who represents Ondo central senatorial district, was barred from entering the meeting because he allegedly supported Senate President Bukola Saraki, thereby working against the interest of the party’s South-West leadership.
The said senator was said to have been among the senators that followed Saraki to the Code of Conduct Tribunal in solidarity on Tuesday. September 22. A reliable source told The Punch that the senator’s disloyalty to Tinubu has however caused him so many things.
The source told The Punch: “Alasoadura was a Commissioner for Finance under the late Dr. Olusegun Agagu for over five years. He later defected from the Peoples Democratic Party to the Action Congress of Nigeria. Tinubu accepted him and appointed him the Director-General of the Rotimi Akeredolu governorship campaign organisation in 2013.
“Alasoadura was not even supposed to have emerged the senatorial candidate of the APC in the last election but the party favoured him. However, when he got to the Senate, he returned to his PDP family and started working against the party. He also supported Saraki against the interest of the party. When Tinubu convened a South-West meeting in Abuja during the height of the National Assembly crisis, Alasoadura came.
However, Tinubu walked him out of the meeting and told his orderly to ensure that the senator was escorted off the premises. Tinubu also warned senators present to ensure that sensitive issues were not discussed in the presence of Alasoadura as he was an enemy within.”
Although the Ondo state senator has been said to have pledged his total loyalty to the APC national leader and denying ever supporting Saraki, two days later, things still remain as they are. Alasoadura was said to have claimed everything he’s doing was in the best interest of his constituents.
But an anonymous APC leader said that the fact that Alasoadura accompanied Saraki to the Code of Conduct Tribunal in solidarity on Tuesday, confirmed their suspicions. The APC leader further assured The Punch that the party would ensure that he is forever irrelevant in the APC.
Meanwhile, Senator Ibrahim Abdullahi Danbaba, on behalf of the Eighth Senate, has said the senate is solidly behind the embattled senate president, Bukola Saraki. Bukola Saraki on his part has also said his appearance before the Code of Conduct Tribunal has further demonstrate his belief in the rule of law and respect for the judiciary of the country.
Recall that the CCT ordered the arrest of Saraki yesterday, September 21, for failing to appear at the tribunal court to stand trial for a 13-count charge of corruption levelled against him by the Code of Conduct Bureau following his asset declaration.
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