In a statement signed and issued by its
Executive Chairman, Debo Adeniran, the
group noted that the manner with which
Saraki emerged president of the Senate was
questionable right from inauguration and that
it was considered dubious by majority of
Nigerians.
CACOL alleged that Saraki was someone
known for running publicly-owned businesses
bankrupt, and for facing many criminal
corruption cases simultaneously while sitting
as President of the Senate in the hallowed
Chambers of the National Assembly and
doubling as the Chairman of the National
Assembly.
It pointed out the asset declaration case
Saraki was facing before the Code of Conduct
Tribunal, the recent allegation of forging
Customs papers in cover for a shatter-proof
Sports Utility Van, SUV said to have been
purchased at the exorbitant amount of N298M
under the current perilous economic situation,
and his alleged involvement in the diversion of
the first tranche of the Paris club fund which
linked him to about N19 billion.
The statement reads in part: “Specifically we
say for the umpteenth time that Bukola Saraki
is not fit to head the National Assembly and
we are repeating this with every stretch of
conviction that the longer he occupies the
exalted position, the more grievous our
situation will get as a result of his apparent
incurable corruption tendencies.
“Nigerians must not allow their focus on
rebuilding their country to be lost or shifted
from cause by people like Saraki, his ‘soul
mate’ Dino and their cohorts while they rollick
in their unexplainable humongous ill-gotten
wealth; a catastrophic reality they have
sustained thus far while our commonwealth is
pilfered at will and with impunity leading to
the persisting excruciating socio-economic
and political condition of existence. That is
the bigger picture, which is the
circumspection we must not lose.
“The manner with which the Senate
leadership emerged was questionable right
from inauguration and considered dubious by
majority of Nigerians. Saraki and Ike
Ekweremadu were alleged to have illegally
amended the standing rules that ostensibly
aided their emergences both as Senate
President and deputy President respectively.
“Given this messy background, it is not
difficult for anyone discerning enough to
understand that hardly will any good thing
emerge from a Senate such a leadership.
“One just needs a glance at the resume of the
characters in Senate in relation to the several
corruption allegations against many of the
members to understand why the hallowed
Chamber has assumed the current
colouration.
“Beginning with Saraki, he is someone who is
known for running publicly-owned businesses
bankrupt, he is not fit to be called or be
elected as a Senator not even to talk of
becoming the Senate President.
“With his background and considering that he
oscillates between sitting in several criminal
suspects’ box at the Code of Conduct Tribunal
and other courts as a criminal suspect while
sitting as President of the Senate in the
hallowed Chambers of the National Assembly
and doubling as the Chairman of the National
Assembly, the situation becomes an
aberration. And this makes Saraki morally and
ethically a misfit for the exalted position of
Senate President.
“He was also recently yet again alleged to
have been involved in the diversion of the first
tranche of the Paris club fund, linking him to
about N19bn. And there are many others like
him in the Senate.”
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