Deputy
Senate President Ike Ekweremadu yesterday said he would not defect to
the ruling All Progressives Congress, (APC) to save his job.
A statement by his Special Assistant
(Political Matters), Okey Ozoani, assured Peoples Democratic Party (PDP)
faithful and Nigerians that “Ekweremadu is going nowhere”.
After the removal of Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume as the Senate leader, there were speculations Ekweremadu might be sacked.
Ndume asked Ekweremadu to watch his back.
Ozoani said: “Senator Ekweremadu is not
contemplating leaving PDP. He is more concerned about fixing the
country’s biting economic and security conditions and other challenges
than saving his job as the Deputy President of the Senate.
“It is his view that Nigeria has to
first exist for us to have political parties to belong to or political
offices to occupy. Studies have shown a direct relationship between
economic conditions and survival of democracy.
“The primary responsibility our
Constitution places on our government is to cater to the wellbeing of
the citizens as well as security of their lives and property. When such
are threatened, everyone should necessarily get serious and preoccupied
with contributing his or her quota to salvaging the country.
“Besides, he is most grateful to his
colleagues for the confidence they continue to repose in him and the
Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki. He is grateful for the
solidarity that the Senators have continued to accord them.”
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