Saraki CCT victory: Bond of unity in APC weakened ―Kwara APC

ALL Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara state has said that the acquittal of the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, by the Supreme Court over allegations on assets declaration and sundry charges instituted against him before the Code of Conduct Tribunal, has shown that the bond of unity in the ruling party is weakened.

Speaking with journalists in Ilorin on Sunday, the state APC chairman, Alhaji Ishola Balogun-Fulani, said that the CCT trial of the Senate President was politically-motivated and a clear case of political witch-hunting.

“Like we have always maintained, no political party ever survived war waged against itself. Indeed, It is now clear that the bond of unity and cohesion in the APC has been weakened, damaged, fractured and severed.

“We recall that the torturous political persecution of our leader, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki began because he exercised his constitutionally – guaranteed right to contest for the position of Senate President against the wishes of some political forces in the All Progressives Congress.

All manners of extra-judicial strategies and unconstitutional measures were deployed to humiliate, vilify, embarrass and remove the Senate President from office. We thank Almighty Allah for his victory and we congratulate the Senate President for this hard-won victory.

“During the 1018 days that the case lasted, we made it a duty to alert the public about the twists and turns. We once raised the alarm that desperate politicians have hijacked the Code of Conduct Tribunal. We once said that the case was being remotely-controlled by politicians.

At the end of the tortuous legal fireworks of 1018 days, we are satisfied that justice has been delivered on the case.

As a party, we salute the Supreme Court for delivering that landmark judgement which represents the victory for democracy.

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We are happy that the judgement has reinforced our expressed belief that the Senate President is innocent of all the trump up charges.

As a party, we extend gratitude to Distinguished Senators of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Honourable members of the Federal House of Representatives and the entire institution of the National Assembly for standing firmly with the Senate President.

We also commend all Nigerians who are lovers of democracy and believers of rule of law for standing on the side of rule of law and democracy during the political persecution period.

Particularly, we salute our political structure, all members of APC in Kwara State and Nigeria as a hole for keeping fate with the Senate President. May Allah continue to stand by you.

Finally, we wish to reiterate and categorically declare our unconditional loyalty to the leadership of the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, CON. Come rain, come sun, we will continue to stand by the Senate President.