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The All Progressives Congress (APC) has challenged the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, to show commitment and loyalty toward the party and stop playing the role of a double agent in APC.
The party stated this in a statement, on Sunday, throught its deputy National Publicity Secretary of the APC, Yekini Nabena.
He said the senate president is free to associate with whomsoever he chooses, but he must do so according to the rules of the game, and not try to destroy the party.
Nabena said Saraki had learnt nothing from his alleged betrayal of APC in 2015, when he emerged senate president against the wishes of the party and through a process that denied the party its right to produce the deputy senate president.
Nabena made this call with reference to the fact that Saraki’s aides and close allies like Abubakar Baraje; his Chief of Staff, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed; and others have left the APC for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
“Saraki must declare now where he belongs, whether he is for APC or other political interests. He cannot serve God and mammon. He cannot play hide-and-seek. He cannot hide behind his fingers.
“Saraki has never hidden his sympathy for those who have launched a vicious attack on the APC, a party that gave both him and the nascent mudslingers the platform on which they ply their political careers.
“The APC is not averse to dissenting positions. But we reject deceit in every shade or form.
“We are also not unaware of the fact that Saraki is the brawn and the brains of the so-called Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC).
“His current attitude can only be the action of a traitor or a double agent.”