Saraki To Akpabio: Allow Open Investigation, Don’t Lean On Ethnic, Regional Bias

Saraki To Akpabio: Allow Open Investigation, Don’t Lean On Ethnic, Regional Bias

PRESS RELEASE

Saraki to Akpabio: Don’t Politicise, Trivialise Call for Due Process in Senate

Former Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has defined as “ reasonably-priced politics and trivialising of a extreme problem ” the declare with the aid of using incumbent Senate President, Godswill Akpabio that the decision on him to make certain that obvious and open manner is instituted to research the accusation levelled towards him with the aid of using one in every of his colleagues, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan is an try to eliminate a Niger Delta man or woman from workplace .

Saraki, in a declaration signed with the aid of using Yusuph Olaniyonu, the top of his media workplace in Abuja, entreated Akpabio to examine his press declaration dated March 1st, 2025 thoroughly to apprehend that there has been nowhere he cautioned the resignation of the Senate President.

“Rather, he suggested that Akpabio need to act withinside the fine hobby of the legislative group with the aid of using making sure that no affordable man or woman is left with any doubt approximately the truth that the allegations raised with the aid of using the Senator had been investigated and justifiably disbursed with.

“The interest of the Abubakar Bukola Saraki Media Office has been attracted to the declaration made with the aid of using Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio at the same time as addressing the leaders of some “ kids ethnic groups” on Friday that positive people from Kwara and Adamawa States need him eliminated due to the fact he’s from the Niger Delta region.

“Ordinarily, Dr. Saraki could have disregarded the declaration as a signal of the instances wherein we now live. However, its underlying purpose of politicising and trivialising a extreme problem that threatens the integrity, credibility, and significance of the legislature is the motive why we assume we need to now no longer permit the Senate President to create a deceptive influence of the problem at stake withinside the all- crucial group that the National Assembly represents in our democracy.

“Dr. Saraki in his remaining touch upon the Akpabio-Natasha Akpoti Uduaghan disaster by no means known as at the Senate President to surrender or step aside. Rather, he entreated the Senate President to take heed to the truth that belief is truth and consequently he need to keep away from treating the allegations with the aid of using the Senator in a way with a view to create the belief that the Senate as an group is attempting to cowl up problems bothering on sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and abuse of workplace .

“Also, Dr. Saraki made it clean that his intervention became neither approximately Senator Akpoti-Uduaghan nor whether or not her declare became proper or now no longer . He said that for the reason that Senator has long past public with such extreme allegations towards the presiding officer, the photo of the group need to be stored via an sincere , sincere, open, obvious , and independent research .

“In that press declaration , he additionally talked about that there are already present methods endorsed withinside the Constitution, legal guidelines of the land, Senate rules, conventions, and precedents to be observed in wearing out such research .

“Again, Dr. Saraki is of the corporation notion that his recommendations are for the advantage of the legislative group . So, he’s going to repeat the identical thought regardless of wherein the Senate President comes from and whichever birthday birthday celebration he belongs to. It isn’t always due to the fact the incumbent is a member of the APC, that the previous Senate President is from the PDP or that the previous is from the South-South quarter at the same time as the latter is from the North Central quarter . Far from it. It is disingenuous and crude to explain Dr. Saraki’s remark alongside the ones primordial lines.

“This problem is really now no longer one wherein Akpabio need to make the most ethnic sentiments, political division, or local proclivity. This will neither be in his very own hobby or that of the group over which he’s presiding. He need to face the truth on floor and do what’s proper .

“The former Senate President believes that after a touchy remember suggesting sexual harassment, gender discrimination, and mistreatment of girls comes up anywhere, it inspires the rigors that heaps of girls throughout the nooks and crannies of our society revel in daily. Thus, while it’s far raised in an area just like the legislative group , it’s far an possibility for us to address it with utmost openness and transparency to make certain that justice isn’t always most effective achieved however manifestly visible to be achieved .

“Once again, Dr. Saraki stands with the aid of using and keeps his in advance thought to Akpabio and the Senate management at the allegations raised with the aid of using the Senator from Kogi State. An open, obvious , and sincere research of the allegations continues to be had to make certain that the Senate isn’t always forged withinside the photo of an group this is tolerant of sexual harassment, gender bias, victimisation and mistreatment of girls , abuse of workplace , and enthronement of the subculture of silence. By having such an research , the overall public and the worldwide network may have greater self belief in our legislative group .

“People like Dr. Saraki have made large sacrifices in protecting the integrity of the legislative group and could now no longer desist in speakme up for the proper component to be achieved . May God bless our establishments and our country”.