Former Vice President and chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Atiku Abubakar, has described as a lie a statement credited to the leadership of the Senate that he asked that the tussle between the Senate and the Attorney General of the Federation should be over.
Atiku made it clear that at no time he even reacted to the lingering case of alleged forgery of the Senate’s rules.
In a statement through his media office in Abuja, the former Vice President said that he has not made any comment on the ongoing battle between the leadership of the Senate and the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, over the forgery trial of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, and his Deputy, Ike Ekweremadu.
The statement which was issued by Mazi Paul Ibe, quoted Atiku as saying that the last time he made any comment on National Assembly matters was in July 2015 during the leadership crisis in the legislature.
The former Vice President said that he was taken by surprise that a section of the media chose to take his 2015 comment, rework it and credited same to him in the current battle of supremacy between the Senate and Malami.
He said that the last time he issued a statement on National Assembly matters was on July 2, 2015 when he called for an amicable resolution of the crisis of confidence that arose from the election of principal officers, which bitterly divided the leaders of the Assembly and their supporters.
The Senate had in a statement, claimed that the former Vice President said “it is time to move on” from the ongoing crisis of the National Assembly. [myad]
