The Senator representing Katsina South, Abu Ibrahim, on Monday said that there is nothing personal over his insistence that Senate President, Bukola Saraki, should resign his position following his defection to the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
Ibrahim noted that his resolve to ask Saraki to throw in the towel was a matter of principle which had no colouration whatsoever.
The senator, who is also chairman, Senate Committee on Police Affairs, said that the All Progressives Congress (APC) as a party has taken over the push for Saraki to resign his position.
He noted that since the APC has taken over the issue of Saraki, he would align with the party’s position on the matter at all times.
The APC, he said, is bigger than all the members and should therefore spear head all issues affecting the party and its members.
He said,”Our great party, the APC, is speaking for everybody on the issue of Saraki because the party is supreme. Since the party has taken over the matter of Saraki’s resignation, I have decided to align myself with the party’s position. There is nothing personal about the matter. There is no score to settle. It is just a matter of principle. Nobody is fighting Saraki, all the party is saying is that the right thing should be done at all times. Nothing personal whatsoever, it is rather a matter of principle.
“I align completely with the position of the party. The party is bigger than me. The party has effectively taken over the matter.”
On the Senatorial by-elections in Katsina and Bauchi States which APC won, Ibrahim expressed happiness over the outcome of the elections.
He described the results of the elections as a pointer to what will happen in 2019 general elections.
The Katsina south lawmaker was particularly happy about the result of the Bauchi South election in a state where two senators recently defected from the APC to PDP.
Senator Ibrahim is one of the senators who insisted that Saraki must resign his position when the Senate President defected from the APC to PDP.