Waku: Saraki, Ekwemadu Trial was Just a Witch-hunt

Waku: Saraki, Ekwemadu Trial was Just a Witch-hunt

 

Former Senator who represented Benue North West in the National Assembly, Chief Joseph Waku, has described the withdrawal of a lawsuit against the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki and his deputy, Ike Ekweremadu, by the federal government as the most appropriate thing to do in the face of no-case issue.

 

According to Waku, the whole issue was a mere Witch-hunt to tarnish Saraki’s image as a result of his emergence as the senate president.

 

"There is no justification whatsoever to drag the Senate president and his deputy to court for criminal case as there were neither the author of the said document nor the management of the assembly prior to when they were elected.

 

“Until they went into that chamber, they were senators-elect so they couldn't have forged documents to elect them. So, in the first place, going to court was witch-hunting; they have no legal backing to take them to court because they were not in the position to doctor or forge the documents,” he stated.

 

The former lawmaker said he was baffled the way the whole saga went, adding that as a former member of the Senate, there was no way a member of the senate could doctor a rule.

 

"The federal government was witch hunting the Senate president but they have done the right thing by withdrawing the case of forgery against him and his deputy," Waku added.

 

He commended the federal government for toeing the path of peace by dropping the case against the senate leadership.

 

On the proposed sales of national asset, Waku said it was the most primitive decision if taken.

 

He said if done, one day, “we will wake up and find out that we have sold the villa or the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

 

“You cannot sell off the sovereignty of the country. How much are the national assets valued? Can their sales solve the present problem? I can bring a reasonable sum of money to this country. There is no country in the world that can run without foreign loans to be repaid with agreed terms. Some Nigerians who have tried bringing foreign partners have been blocked. There is a lot of opportunity to get out of this recession within the shortest possible period, but it all depends on the federal government's willingness to accept it."

 

He noted that President Muhammadu Buhari government is riddled with saboteurs who don't want him to succeed, even as he condemned Buhari's fight against corruption stating that corruption fight will not be won as long as the president  is not willing to try people like former President Olusegun Obasanjo.