“Nobody will say Isa Misau and Suleiman Nazif (two Bauchi State Senators), were voted because of Saraki. They were voted because of Buhari. They will lose their seats. Saraki will not save them. They cannot even go to their Constituencies.”
On the speculation that some APC Senators were quartered in a high profile hotel in Abuja, on the night preceding Tuesday’s Senate plenary, to plot a change of leadership in the Senate, Ibrahim said: “I slept in my house. I was here in my office, and left by 2pm. I was not quartered anywhere.”
He was categorical that the alleged plot to impeach President Buhari, “would have started on Thursday (today).”
He said: “The impeachment of the President should have started Thursday. Everybody was planning. We knew they were planning.
“They realised and learnt that we knew. They knew that if they had remained up till today (Wednesday), a lot of things would have happened.
“We were planning. This is the National Assembly, the only place political parties meet. We were planning.
“Saraki and Dogara should resign today, or the APC should send them away. They are no longer APC members.
“The only reason Saraki and Dogara have not left the APC, is that they know that if they leave, they will lose their seats. But we will force them to leave.
“Left to me, I will recommend to APC to expel them. They are no longer needed in the party. We will be cured of cancer, if they leave.
“Me as Abu Ibrahim, I am asking Saraki and Dogara to leave APC today. I will meet Oshiomhole to expel them.”
Ibrahim insisted that the departure of Saraki and Dogara, will not affect the electoral chances of the APC.
He noted that if Saraki leaves the APC, the party may lose Kwara and Kogi States, and no more.
Ibrahim continued: “My position is that Saraki and Dogara should leave the APC. We can no longer trust or discuss APC issues with them again. We cannot afford to continue to habour moles in our mist.
“Let people be courageous enough and be honest to themselves. We will not miss them.”
The APC Deputy National Publicity Secretary, Yekini Nabena, also called for an immediate expulsion of the Senate President.
In a statement, Nabena accused Saraki of being in cahoots with the defectors.
He said: “Being the ringleader, there was no justification for APC to continue to tolerate Saraki. He must go now. Or be shown the way out.”
Nabena, who said the party leadership and members were not surprised by the defections, said that the people were rather shocked by Saraki’s utterances and body language.
His words: “The news of the about 14 Senators who defected from our party, hardly came as a surprise to anyone. What, however, shocked political observers, especially democratic minds, was Senate President, Bukola Saraki’s postures and expressions, which clearly communicated his unhidden complicity in the charade against his supposed party.
“Clearly, Saraki had a big hand in organising the events that transpired in the National Assembly. He has therefore, lost the moral justification to remain in APC. The time to expel him from the party, is now.”
