Alhaji Abubakar Kawu Baraje/informationng.com
A leader of the New Peoples Democratic Party (nPDP) Kawu Baraje, has slammed President Muhammadu Buhari for allegedly offering the aggrieved National Assembly members automatic tickets in their constituencies ahead of the 2019 elections.
The Presidency on Thursday held a closed-door meeting with Senate President, Bukola Saraki and another with the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara.
But reacting to the development, Baraje, told Punch that there was no offer from Buhari to Saraki that could atone for what he called the embarrassment the Senate president allegedly suffered in the last three years.
Baraje said: “I am not concerned with the offer reportedly made by the Presidency to the Senate President. I do not see how that concerns me. As far as I am concerned and as far as our supporters and followers are concerned, they have taken a decision.
“If the Senate President is going to waiver, all well and good. The followers have indicated that with or without him, they are going out of APC. So, it is left for him to take a decision.
“As far as I know, there is no recent decision that can replace the kind of embarrassment, debasement and horrifying experiences that the Senate President had gone through in the past. It is unfortunate.”