Saraki who emerged Senate president unopposed on Tuesday, described the accusation that he was planning to defect to the PDP as “absurd and laughable.”
According to a statement by his media office, Saraki reminded his traducers that he willingly left the PDP on matters of principles when the party was in power.
Saraki said, “Is it now that the party is out of government and in opposition that I will now return, having worked so hard for my party in the last general elections?”
Saraki maintained that he remained committed and loyal to the All Progressives Congress, pledging to contribute his quota to building the party and helping it to deliver its promise of change to Nigerians.
He urged all members of the National Assembly to put politicking behind them and settle down for the proper business of legislating.
Saraki expressed his preparedness to embrace every member of the Senate regardless of their political leanings in the leadership elections just concluded.
He described President Muhammadu Buhari’s reaction to Tuesday’s election of National Assembly leaders as “a great mark of leadership and a demonstration of his commitment to democracy.”
He also commended Buhari for remaining steadfast in his commitment to the principle of non-interference in National Assembly politics, even in the face of great pressure on him to act otherwise.
He said, “This shows that Mr. President is a man of great conviction who, in his own words, belongs to everyone and to no one.”