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Saraki betraying the legacy of his father— Sen Adamu

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Senator Abdullahi Adamu has once again criticised Senate President Bukola Saraki over his defection from the All Progressives Congress (APC) to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), saying he had veered off the path carved out by his late father, Abubakar Olusola Saraki.

Adamu said of Saraki, “He had a duty to his father to keep the flag of the family flying but the way he is going, I do not think he is doing that.”

He made these comments in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Friday.

Adamu appears to be ramping up attacks against Saraki following his defection. His earlier criticism of the senate president had attracted a similarly harsh response.

Responding to Adamu’s attacks, Saraki earlier in the week, Saraki said, “He feels the best way to play his self-survival game and ingratiate himself to the government in order to save his skin is for him to be seen to be fighting Saraki, even if that would require him to tell brazen lies and peddle mischief in his old age”.

Speaking on Friday, Adamu said, “If Saraki knows political intricacies and the political terrain or the path where the banana peel in political landscape is, he will be more cautious.

“The way he is going now, he has obviously stepped on banana peel and only God knows how far he will slip.

“I will not pretend. I think he made a mistake and he took a wrong decision. He will have stories to tell along the line.

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“It is not the best he could have done. He had a duty to his father to keep the flag of the family flying but the way he is going, I do not think he is doing that.”

He urged Saraki to resign to avert consequences, adding that “he should honourably return the crown or be ready to bear the consequences.”

Adamu, also explained that “the defection of Saraki and the other lawmakers is a game changer.

“We expect them to do it amicably and peacefully. They should make sure they do not run away with our crown.

“If they think they will go and nothing will happen and that it will be business as usual, then they need to think again.

“I will not say whether we will take steps or not take steps. We hope that between now and resumption of Senate plenary, more events will unfold. We do not want to be in a hurry to speculate.”

Adamu said Saraki’s case will be unlike the case of former Speaker of The House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, who defected but remained the speaker, saying, “it will not happen this time. We are more educated on the rules now”.

 

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