Saraki will resign as Senate President… only on this condition – Ali Ndume

Nukola Saraki will not resign as Senate President in spite of his ongoing assets declaration trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

Senate Leader, Ali Ndume, said such an occurrence would only take place if and when Saraki is found guilty by the Conduct Tribunal.

Senator Ndume made the disclosure on Tuesday, while adressing journalists after a closed-door meeting with the Acting President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

He said: “It is not new for people to read meaning. Are you saying that the Senate President should be convicted before the trial? In our constitution, you are considered innocent until proven guilty.”

When asked for the reason behind his visit to the presidential villa, Ndume said: “This government is our government. I am the Senate Leader in this government, so my coming here today is not supposed to be a new thing. My coming here should even be more regular.”

“This is not the first time we are coming here. But this is the first time we are having the Vice President as Acting President. That is one of the reasons we are here.”

“This is because we are setting a new example. During the previous government, the President will just go and leave the place blank. But this time around, when our President goes for a few days, he transmitted to all Nigerians that the Vice President is to act as the President.”

“So we came for the regular consultation. There is nothing new about it and we will be doing more of this.”

“You should expect me to be coming here. Now we have the budget as work in progress; we have the new Money Laundering Bill before the Senate. We have many things we are looking at. We have come to consult on these.”

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