I’m Not Losing Sleep About Impeachment, Saraki Said After Meeting Okowa In Asaba

The President of the Nigerian Senate, Bukola Saraki on Saturday said that he was not losing sleep about alleged plots by a section of senators to have him impeach when the senate reconvene in September.

Saraki spoke shortly after a closed door meeting with Delta State Governor, Senator Dr Ifeanyi Okowa at the Government House, Asaba.

The senate president who was in Asaba in continuation of his nationwide consultation over his presidential ambition, debunked claims that the Senate was yet to reconvene due to fear of his impeachment.

He said: “I am not losing any sleep about impeachment, we have a country that a lot of Nigerians believe there must be rule of law, those who are talking about impeachment are engaging in cheap blackmail and I am not concerned about that.”

The Senate President who was accompanied by some Senators, including, Senator Dino Melaye and Peter Nwaoboshi, used the brief encounter to throw more light on why he left the All Progressive Congress.

His words; “I have made a four page statement on why I left the All Progressive Congress (APC) and I made it very clear that the ideas and visions of what we expected, was not realized in the areas of democracy, justice, etc.

“Those that followed the political terrain of the last three years can see that the people are not happy, it is not about myself but about Nigerians and about the kind of country we want to build, the kind of democracy we want practiced and the kind of leadership we need, but, we have not been able to achieve any of this under the APC as much as we have tried.

Speaking on why he was in Asaba, Saraki who addressed the press after the more than 30 minutes closed door meeting, said that he was in the state to confer with Okowa, his former colleague in the senate after his defection from the APC back to the PDP.

“I spent four years with a very capable and competent colleague (Governor Okowa) in the Senate, we worked very closely together and I have come to spend some time with him and to hear his views now that I have rejoined the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

“Governor Okowa is a very important party member, he is someone I truly respect and I have come to listen to him, hear his views and to consult with him,” he said.

He however lauded the level of development witnessed in Delta State in the past three years under Okowa’s administration, observing, “there is lot of economic growth for the past three years in the state, a lot of opportunities have been created for Deltans, there is a lot of development in the state and this is what we want to see in most of our states”, he added.