The Congress of Nigerian Political Parties (CNPP) and Inter Party Advisory Council (IPAC) in Kwara State have joined those demanding the stoppage of the trial of Senate President Bukola Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
They said in statements that the trial was borne out of political vendetta and not a fight against corruption as its initiators wanted the public to believe.
IPAC’s statement was signed by its Chairman and Secretary, Alhaji Adebayo Lawal and Dave Ifabiyi; while CNPP’s was signed by its Secretary, Prince Olufemi Adeleke.
IPAC statement reads: “What is happening in the political arena, as far as the Senate presidency is concerned, is nothing short of tyrannical rule.
“Any democratic dispensation that practises such is nothing short of dictatorship and nepotism.
“This is an action that any Nigerian, who values the norms of democracy, will not adopt. We should not allow the ‘man’ to die in us.
“In advanced democracies of the world where the bi-camera legislature is practised, members of the hallowed chambers reserve the right to elect whoever they want to lead them.”
It urged the CCT to toe the line of sanity and fair play.
“The Senate president should no longer be compelled to appear before the CCT since he has his team of erudite lawyers representing him.
“The charges should be reviewed to eliminate areas of witch-hunt, vilification and persecution in view of the fact that the declaration was legally logged over 10 years ago.”
The CNPP said: “We say no to the continued castigation and victimisation of the person of the Senate president on those trumped-up allegations.”
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