Sen. Saraki on why he boycotted APC Primary election yesterday.
Senator Bukola Saraki in a statement signed by Dino
Melaye and Ahmed Sani, explained why he
boycotted the mock primary organised by the APC
yesterday to elect a Senate President. Press
statement from Senators-Elect of Like Minds below...
We the Senators-Elect of Like Minds today 6TH
of June 2015, on the invitation of our party,
attended an interactive meeting with selected 5
members from each group, the Unity Forum
and the Like Minds Group.
Regrettably, the Unity Forum insisted on open
ballot voting which we discovered is different
from the electoral process used to conduct the
earlier election with the House of
Representatives members elect. To us, this
open ballot voting is primitive; undemocratic
and against universal electoral norms and
practice.
In the light of the above, we the Senators elect of
Like Minds hereby insist on our position of Open
Secret voting process which we believe is in
consonance with the provisions of the electoral act,
the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,
and the universal electoral values.
As responsible citizens of Federal Republic of
Nigeria, and leaders in our own right, we have
resolved and hereby state that we shall not be part
of a process that promotes undemocratic electoral
process that may resort to rancorous and uncivil
situations which inhibits the rights of individuals to
vote for the candidate of their choice, as this
process will further divide us than unite members of
our party.
In conclusion we the Senators-Elect of Like Minds
wish to state categorically that we will participate
only in the constitutional election scheduled for
Tuesday, the 9th of June 2015 in line with the rules
of the Senate of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.
We by this press release invite the media to a joint
press conference by the 65 Senators-Elect of Like
Minds drawn from across party lines on Monday
morning, the 8thof June 2015
SIGNED,
Senator-Elect Dino Melaye Senator-Elect Ahmed
Rufai Sani
ON BEHALF OF SENATORS-ELECTS OF LIKE MINDS
