An All Progressives Congress (APC) senator, representing Borno South, Ali Ndume has written off the presidential ambition of the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, saying it is a pipedream.
Speaking today, Monday, as a guest on the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum in Abuja, Senator Ndume said: “when somebody cannot manage the Senate, how can he manage Nigeria?
“When you present President Buhari and Saraki for people to choose from, you know it is very clear. The difference is very clear.”
The Senator made it clear that Senator Saraki can never be a threat to President Buhari’s second-term bid, adding that the senate president can only win election in his home state of Kwara.
“I think it is good he is going for the presidency of Nigeria and he will see that it is only Kwara people that will vote for him, not Nigerians.
“We are waiting, or at best you will see that may be people from North-Central will vote (for him) because he is from North-Central, but I don’t think Saraki will be Nigeria’s president.
Senator Ndume said that Saraki cannot be trusted with the country’s leadership, having used his position as senate president to “antagonise and sabotage” the current government.
“Where we got it wrong was where Senate President Saraki thought that the Senate is independent. The truth is that the legislature is not independent to the extent of operating like a different country.
“In America, the Vice President is the Senate President. Is the Vice President not a subordinate to the president?
“If it were in Nigeria, Saraki would have been the Vice President. Would he be sabotaging his principal?
“The Senate is supposed to support the government, not to sabotage the government, not to antagonise the government.”
Source: NAN.
