SENATE PRESIDENCY: APC Chair Refutes Alleged Compromise Of Position

Chief John Odigie-Oyegun

NATIONAL Chairman of All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief John Odigie-Oyegun, has refuted online media reports that the party may be willing to trade the Senate Presidency in view of change.

Odigie-Oyegun made the rebuttal while speaking to newsmen at the Party's Secretariat in Abuja, on Wednesday stating that the party believes in the rule of law and therefore will always align with judicial process.

He added that with the party having the majority in the Senate, it is illogical to think of not retaining the leadership position in line with democratic norms which he said is keenly essential to the party towards pushing through the good manifestoes of the party as well as the policies of President Mohammadu buhari led-Federal Government.

The refutal was prompted by  an online report which had quoted the party Chairman as saying “Saraki would be well; I don’t think we will lose that position.

“But sometimes, for change to take place, there is price you have to pay. So, losing the position may be sacrifice for change.”

 “This misunderstanding is still on? Let me put it simply; there were basically two points that I was making.

“Number one, as a party of change or even as a party, we cannot interfere in a judicial process that is ongoing. That was clear.

“And, when they asked about the Senate, I said under no circumstance can we compromise on the leadership of the Senate.

“We are the majority party and the issue doesn’t even arise, but unfortunately, the way it was put, the misinterpretation had been a little bit intense and that is clear.

“It just doesn’t arise at all. The issue, the argument and the rest doesn’t arise. If somebody wants to theorise and postulate, that’s a different matter. It doesn’t arise.”