Comrade Timi Frank, Deputy National Publicity Secretary of All Progressives Congress (APC), has described the continued trial of the Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) as worrisome in view of the manifest flaws in the processes leading to his arraignment.
In a statement in Abuja, Frank said it was dangerous that the leadership of the APC has decided to sit on the fence and watch Saraki swim or sink in this trial.
He said, “Sincerely, I hold that the current trial of Saraki is not only undeserved, but amounts to paying a good man with evil. I also want to say that the leaders of our great party have unfortunately remained quiet in the face of evil.
“I don’t believe we have forgotten that the victory of the APC during the last general elections could not have been possible without courageous strategists like Saraki who lent their political weight in favour of the APC at the risk of their own lives send personal survival.
“I don’t think we have forgotten how Saraki as a Senator in the 7th Senate brought the attention of Nigerians to the fraud perpetrated by the last administration in the name of fuel subsidy.
“I don’t think we have forgotten so soon how Saraki led five other governors of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) into APC – a development that successfully turned the political tide against the PDP and eventually tipped the electoral scale against them during the 2015 general elections.
“I don’t think we have forgotten how Saraki led scores of Senators to cross over to the APC on the floor of the Senate.
“I don’t think we have also forgotten what he gave of his time, personal resources and energy to ensure that the APC emerged victorious both at the National, State and Local Government level.”
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