NLC, TUC, CNPP Tell Saraki To Resign Now'

The Nigerian Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress, have asked the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to resign his office pending the determination of his case at the Code of Conduct Tribunal.

The Office of the Attorney General of the Federation is prosecuting Saraki for alleged false declaration of his assets at the Code of Conduct Bureau which he he pleaded not guilty to when he stepped into the dock at the CCT in Abuja. His trial has been scheduled to hold on October 21, 22 and 23.

Leaders of the NLC and the TUC said it had become necessary for Saraki to step aside from Senate presidency to answer the charges preferred against him.

In a similar voice, the Chairman of the Conference of Nigerian Political Parties, Mr. Balarabe Musa, in also urged Saraki to step down as Senate President as a show of respect for his office.

Musa said, “First of all, it depends on his conscience. If he knows that the allegations against him have anything bordering on genuineness and if he knows that he has not done anything above board, he should succumb to his conscience.