According to a report by Punch, Pres. Buhari has resisted
new moves by Saraki to meet with him because he's still upset over what Saraki
did during the National Assembly elections...
An official in the Presidency said the President and the
Senate President had only met once since the latter’s emergence as the leader
of the senate. The official said all efforts by Saraki to have another meeting
with the president, after the party’s National Executive Council meeting two
Fridays ago, have proved abortive.
The reliable source said that Saraki had at different times
reached out to people to help him persuade Buhari to grant him audience.
“The truth is that the President is still displeased with
what transpired in the National Assembly, especially the Senate. Their encounter
during the APC National Executive Council meeting, when they shook hands, was
the first meeting between President Buhari and Saraki since he emerged as the
President of the Senate.
“We are aware that Saraki has been going about begging
people to assist him to plead with the President to meet with him. That was one
of the reasons why he visited former President Obasanjo.
“I can tell you that the President is very pained by what
happened. He felt that since he had been transparent with the party, everybody
should play that way. But since Saraki took that path, the President was and he
is still pained. Let us just hope that at the end of it all, they will be able
to put the matter behind them.” the source said
Source: Punch
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