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How I escaped plot to stop me from Tuesday plenary – Saraki

The Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Tuesday, explained how he escaped alleged ploys by security operatives to stop him from presiding over plenary on Tuesday morning.

Recall that Security agencies early Tuesday morning laid siege on the homes of Saraki and the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu in Abuja.

The move is said to be a ploy to prevent them from making it to the National Assembly today because of a plan by many lawmakers to decamp from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC).

Saraki, however, made his way to the Senate chamber at about 10:40 am. and presided over the plenary.

His deputy, Ekweremadu did not make it to plenary and the siege on his home was still on at midday.

Reacting to a motion on the siege on his home and that of his deputy, Saraki said the plenary would not have held if not for his preparation.

“The road leading to my place was cordoned off and all cars coming in and out as early as 6:30 were being stopped and you have to come down.

“My convoy was stopped from moving. Given something that one was prepared for, I had my own car too. So the deputy senate president called me and said he could not come here.

“And as you are all aware, very late yesterday, at about 8 p.m., I received a letter asking me to report to the police on a case of this Offa robbery which had been concluded before now.”

Saraki, however, condemned the siege saying it was God that made him escape it.

“But as you all rightly said, if one of our colleagues cannot come out for no fault of his, I don’t see how we can continue to sit and ignore the fact that a presiding officer cannot be here.

“And if it was by the plan, I too, would not be here.

“It was just by the intervention of the almighty God that I was able to get myself here.”

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