Saraki denies plans to dump APC

Owing to his travails since he became the President of the Eight Assembly, against the wishes of his party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) followers of Dr. Bukola Saraki on Twitter have been expressing their opinions on what they felt were plans by the former Kwara State governor to dump the party.

They came to this conclusion, when they discovered, that the Senate President had removed the party’s name and logo on his official twitter profile, which was previously a prominent aspect of his twitter handle.

Many also came to the conclusion that Saraki may be disenchanted with the party, and getting set to leave it, because his present ordeals have been blamed on the party, and the presidency which many people feel are bent on removing him as head of the federal legislative arm of government.

However, Saraki debunked the claims, by retweeting, that he is still a card carrying member of the APC, though he gave no reason for why he removed the party’s name from his twitter page.

Also, his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Yusuph Olaniyonu, said, “It is not a new development. The party logo was there during the elections and we took it off after the elections about a month ago.”

*Bukola Saraki ‏@bukolasaraki

Bukola Saraki retweeted Omooba Adeyemi

“I remain a card carrying member of my dear party. But I’m also honoured to serve as SenatePresident of all Senators”

*Omooba Adeyemi @prinxadeyemi

“Senate president @bukolasaraki reportedly sacked APC logo on his twitter account, seems going back to his vomit @PdpNigeria.”

One user, Am Human No Labels, said, “Sir, are you no longer a member of the ruling party? I can’t find APC on your bio anymore.”

In the same vein, @olufemisp wrote, “I knew it was when @bukolasaraki deleted the “APC” that proudly adorned his bio. This Saraki war will consume the party.”

Another user, AS Aruwa, said, “I just noticed that @bukolasaraki has deleted ‘Member of the APC’ from his bio. Someone is about to decamp?”

Read also: Police: We’ll arrest Saraki immediately

Maryam Abubakar also asked, “Now that the ‘APC’ on Bukola Saraki’s Twitter bio is gone, what should we expect?”

“Why is the APC on your bio gone sir?” @RichieDectector asked, while Ayokunle Odekunle wrote, “@BukolaSaraki removes the ‘APC’ from his bio. It gets more interesting.”

Afolabi Ajiboro also said, “@ogundamisi have you noticed that @bukolasaraki has removed APC from his bio on Twitter? Minutes later the PDP released statement defending him.”

Meanwhile, amid the controversy generated by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) order for the arrest of Senate President Bukola Saraki, the police said, yesterday, they were yet to receive a bench warrant to effect it.

“I am yet to see one”, the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mr. Solomon Arase, said while responding to an inquiry.

“The police are yet to receive the Code of Conduct Tribunal bench warrant, ordering the Senate President’s arrest,” a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), ACP Adebisi Kolawole, also said, yesterday.

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