Gripped by fear of the unknown, the Senate caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has on Sunday night, retraced its step from casting aspersion on the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Tinubu.
Recall, that the PDP Senate caucus on Sunday, took a swipe at Tinubu, by accusing him of colluding with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to harass its members in the Senate, in order to soften the ground for his 2019 Presidential ambition.
However, last night, the PDP Senate caucus sprung up a surprise, by denying and disassociating itself from the media report.
“The caucus never discussed Tinubu at any of its previous meetings, the last of which was held to receive the report of the Governor Seriake Dickson-led PDP Reconciliation Committee”, a source said.
The source listed Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, Senate Minority Leader, Godswill Akpabio, House of Representatives Minority Leader, Leo Ogor, and others, as some of the PDP leaders in the National Assembly that attended the caucus’ last meeting.
One of the sources who pleaded anonymity said that, “a political attack on Tinubu, is like a man fighting God.”
The caucus washed its hands off the report, through its South-East caucus leader in the Senate, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe, who said that the caucus did not at any time discuss Tinubu at any of its meetings.
Abaribe said: “It is far from the truth. We did not at any time discuss Senator Tinubu (Bola), at our meeting, and nobody accused the EFCC of anything.”
The report linking the PDP Senate caucus, he said, should be disregarded.