Former Senate President, Bukola Saraki has absolved President Bola Tinubu of any role in his prosecution during the administration of the late former President Muhammadu Buhari.
Speaking on Channels TV Politics’ Today on Thursday evening, Saraki dismissed the claim that Tinubu wielded some level of influence while Buhari was the President.
Top Society recalls that the Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) in September 2015 filed charges of false asset declaration against Saraki at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
The ex-Senate President clarified that he holds no personal grudge against President Tinubu over the political challenges he faced during his tenure as Senate President.
He pointed out that it would be unfair to accuse Tinubu of being part of his ordeals at the time, noting that he was being prosecuted for taking actions that were in the “best interest of Nigeria”.
“That is also not fair on President Ahmed Bola Tinubu because you and I know that in those days of the former President Muhammadu Buhari administration, he did not have that say that they claimed he had.
“My own concern is that I was doing what I feel is in the interest of the country as the president of the senate, and for doing those things, I was now prosecuted.
“Bola Tinubu was not part of the people who took the decision and implemented going to the code of conduct or the Offa robbery or the forgery of the national assembly. That was the executive part of government,” Saraki said.
The former two-term governor of Kwara State disclosed that he will not contest the presidency or any other elective office in the 2027 general elections.
He also dismissed rumours suggesting he was considering defection to the All Progressives Congress or any other platform, even as he criticised the ruling party for failing to uphold true multi-party democracy.
