DEFECTIONS: Why Saraki, Dogara Others Must Heed Sen. Ibrahim's Call by Comrade Nwokoma Ndubuisi M.

The gale of defections in the National Assembly last week was followed by an advice from no one else than Sen. Abu Ibrahim that the Senate President Dr. Bukola Saraki as well as the Speaker of the House of Representatives Yakubu Dogara and others in the fold of the All Progressives Congress APC that are still masquerading in the party should resign their membership of the party. This call which also implies that they resign their positions as leaders of the various arms of the National Assembly is yet to be complied with by those concerned as at the time of writing this piece

Whatever their reasons for still staying put in the party may be, the fact of the matter is that their continued stay in the party has become a sore which must be extricated from the body. 

As I watched through the proceedings of the defections on national television, I wept for the country for producing such leaders that lack morality despite all the party has given them politically which they ordinarily wouldn't have gotten if they had still remained in the Peoples Democratic Party PDP sequel to the last general elections across the country.

Nigerians are gradually knowing and understanding that the present leadership of the National Assembly especially that of the Senate is anti-people and are driven by selfishness rather than altruistic purposes. It should be noted that most of them in the National Assembly did not come on their own merit but were swept into office by the credibility of the  Buhari Tsunami which also brought in some governors that today boast that they have political value. What most of them fail to see is that President Muhammadu Buhari’s popularity has been increased as a result of their defections and when the time comes it will not only be Tsunami but something bigger.

What Saraki and others in his camp that are still in the APC should do is to heed the advice of Sen. Abu Ibrahim by resigning their membership of the party and let’s see if they will still boast of majority support of Nigerians as they think they have today. It is evident that they are scared hence their decision to stay on and look for a soft landing or for ways to destroy and discredit the party before Nigerians which is not possible in any way. It is a shame that some politicians think politics is all about lying to the people and manipulating them to achieve their inordinate interests. Just the other day Sen. Saraki denied he will never leave that party and the next day he is supervising, encouraging and wooing others to leave a party that gave him the opportunity of being the number three man in the country!

Never in the history of our beloved country have we suffered the kind of rudderless Senate that we are witnessing under Sen. Saraki. It has been more of politics, distractions and scandals than the real business of legislating which is against what the APC stands for. Nigerians must rise up against this and ensure that they demand for their resignation not only from the APC but from the positions they occupy because they don’t deserve it in any way at all.

We have better Senators from the All Progressives Congress APC fold that can occupy that seat and give the Senate and the National Assembly at large an articulate, mature  and focused leadership which will be in line with the Change agenda of Mr. President. The country is running to standstill as a result of their unnecessary ego trip against the President. Imagine situations where they have failed to screen appointees that should have assumed office long time ago and drive President Buahri’s change agenda to a great extent for the betterment of Nigerians.

If this administration under President Muhammadu Buhari fails, it is the President that will be at the receiving end and never will history mention the likes of the Senate president and his band of followers as being behind the failure of the administration and trust Nigerians, they will easily forget the mischief of the Senate President, Speaker of the House of Representatives as well as others that are worshipping them.

Sen. Abu Ibrahim is a well respected leader whose accomplishments as Senator representing his people is there for all to see. As Chairman of Board of Trustees of Buhari Support Groups, he has done so much for the Change movement and when he speaks, Nigerians listen to him and are usually in support of his nationalistic and altruistic stand. This is why the support for his call on Saraki and co to resign  is receiving support across the federation and as responsible leaders which they claim they are, we are expecting a situation where they will resign from the party and give room for true progressives to take charge.

Comrade Nwokoma contributed this piece from Port Harcourt