Saraki made the denial on Tuesday, April 19, 2016, via a statement released by his media aide, Bamikole Omishore.
The statement reads:
The
attention of the Media Office of the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar
Bukola Saraki has been drawn to a press statement released by a group
known as the Citizen United For Peace and Stability (CUPS), Titled
Security Alert! - Bukola Saraki finally declares war on the Nigerian
Senate.
The report by CUPS stated that some
unnamed sources told them that Senator Bukola Saraki has made plans to
disrupt his ongoing trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) by
making use of thugs through some key personalities from Kwara State.
The
statement is false, malicious and aimed at further denigrating the
hard-earned image of Senator Bukola Saraki after their planned sponsored
protest failed through earlier awareness to the general public of their
sinister moves.
It is worrisome that aggrieved
politicians opposed to Saraki's emergence as the Senate President,
having failed to remove him, now resort to cheap blackmail by concocting
lies under the disguise of "unidentified sources ".
The
individuals mentioned in the statement to be planning the sinister
move, are prominent Nigerians who respect the rule of law and stand
strongly behind the Senate President. In this regard, this is a cheap
attempt to intimidate supporters of the Senate President.
It
will be recalled that this same mischievous group called CUPS had
earlier circulated messages at different times requesting for funds for
different non existent political gatherings.
The
CUPS has been in the habit of peddling falsehood and deceiving
unsuspecting Nigerians as the body has not lived up to its name of
maintaining 'peace' and 'stability.'
Senator
Bukola Saraki is a law abiding citizen who has demonstrated the utmost
respect for the judicial system by taking the pain to attend and defend
himself at the Tribunal even though the trial is believed to be borne
out of malice and political persecution.
Moreover,
Senator Saraki, despite his trial at the CCT has continued to perform
his constitutional duties as the Senate President elected by his peers.
It
is therefore a gratuitous insult to the Office of the Senate President,
and the personalities of the patriotic and decent individuals mentioned
in the concocted lies by this organisation to link them with tales of
acts of gangsterism and violation of temple of justice.
This
propaganda by his political opponents is not new and we urge law
abiding citizens to disregard the body, its sponsors and promoters. This
is the time to for everybody to forget our narrow, self-serving
interest, dissuade the manipulation of state institutions to achieve
personal and partisan objectives and ensure that rule of law prevails as
prerequisite towards the entrenchment of our democratic tenets.
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