Senate President Bukola Saraki has asked Adams Oshiomhole, national
chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), to quit politics.
Saraki made the statement in Ilorin on Wednesday, on the sidelines of a remembrance ceremony held in honour of his late father.
On
Sunday, the Department of State Services (DSS) had detained Oshiomhole
after some APC governors alleged that he received bribes during the
party’s primary elections across the country.
Saraki said based
on allegations leveled against Oshiomhole, he had no right to remain the
APC chairman, let alone remain in politics.
“Oshiomhole has no
locus standi to talk about morality in today’s Nigeria’s politics. That
must be a joke coming from Oshiomhole talking about moral ground,” he
said.
“Oshiomhole is somebody who has been told to have been
collecting not even naira but dollars from candidates and he is being
accused by his party’s aspirants and governors.
“I don’t think he has any moral ground, even to continue to be in politics not to talk about being a chairman of a party.
“I
remember in those days even Oyegun, they never accused him of something
like this. I have left that party. I’m sure the president, based on
integrity, knows the right thing to do. So, on moral ground, he cannot
speak on moral ground.”
During a show on Arise Television on
Tuesday, when asked if there are plans to impeach Saraki, Oshiomhole
said it’s an “issue of morality,” adding that the senate president now
belonged to a minority party which shouldn’t have oversight over a
majority party.