Why Buhari Met With APC Senators — Oshiomhole

National Chairman of All Progressives Congress, APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has said President Muhammadu Buhari hosted to a dinner senators elected on the platform of the party, Monday night, to strategise on next month’s elections, with a view to ensuring victory at the polls.

Oshiomhole, who gave this explanation in an interview
with State House correspendents after the dinner, said event had
provided an opportunity for the President to meet with the caucus of the
Senate and the “incoming senators” (APC senatorial candidates).

He
expressed the hope that Nigerians would give APC a comfortable majority
in the Senate and House of Representatives, based on the tenet of
“one-man, one-vote.”

He said: “Basically, the meeting was for the
President to meet with the caucus of the Senate and the incoming
senators by the grace of God.

“The whole idea is for the
President to have direct interaction with the senators and the
senatorial candidates of the APC so that they will work hard and ensure
that on the basis of one-man, one-vote, the outcome of the 2019
elections will be in our favour.

“This is an opportunity for some of the senatorial candidates to meet with the President for the first time.”

According
to him, the meeting also enabled the President and the senators and
party’s senatorial candidates the opportunity to compare and share notes
on the campaigns of each of the senatorial districts.

On the
reactions of the international community to the suspension of Chief
Justice of Nigeria, Walter Onnoghen, Oshiohmole dismissed any form of
foreign outcry against the action taken on CJN’s case, saying Nigeria is
not a colony.

He said Nigerians must defend the supremacy of
the country, adding that corrupt justices were being prosecuted across
the world.

Also speaking on the suspension of the CJN, Senate
Leader, Ahmed Lawan, said it was wrong for the Senate to reconvene over
the matter as there were many cases in courts challenging or supporting
the suspension.

He, however, stated that the Senate could
reconvene to consider the 2019 budget proposal and Medium-Term
Expenditure Framework, MTEF, and Fiscal Strategic Paper.

Source:- Vanguardngr