BEVERLY HILLS, May 30, (THEWILL) – The former newPeoples Democratic Party (nPDP) bloc within the All Progressives Congress (APC) has demanded for a stoppage of the trial of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, by the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT).
The bloc made this known as it identified its grievance with the APC at a meeting between Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo and some of the ex-nPDP leaders at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Saraki’s trial before the CCT; shutting out of House of Representatives Speaker Yakubu Dogara and Senator Rabiu Kwankwaso from the APC ward and local government congresses in Bauchi and Kano states; and alleged persecution of ex-nPDP members by anti-graft agencies and Inspector-General of Police Ibrahim Idris were listed.
The meeting raised an eight-man panel to resolve the issue comprised of four members each from both sides.
Osinbajo is leading the Presidency’s four members on the panel. The nPDP has yet to submit its list of members.
Other members of the Presidency’s team, it was learnt, include Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha and APC Deputy National Chairman (North) Lawal Shuaibu.
But the nPDP group is yet to submit its list of representatives.
