•Says some politicians desperate to remove him as Senate President

By Henry Umoru, Abuja

SENATE President Bukola Saraki said, yesterday, that some politicians were plotting to remove him from office.

Part of the plot, according to Saraki, is sponsored protest marches and demonstrations in which some hired people would be given placards to disturb public peace.

A statement by his Special Adviser, Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu, said: ‘’The Office of the Senate President, Dr Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has uncovered a plot by some politicians to sponsor protest marches and demonstrations in which some hired people will be given placards to disturb public peace.

“As part of the plan, they are already distributing money and other materials to some  civil society organisations, market men and women associations and other shadowy groups with a view to instigating demonstrations in Lagos, Abuja and Ilorin starting  from Monday, April 11.

“They believe that the on-going trial at the Code of Conduct Tribunal provides them the opportunity to stampede Dr. Saraki out of office so that their defeated objective of getting their lackey into the office of Senate President will be realized. This is another desperate move by these spineless politicians to achieve through the back door what they failed to realize on the floor of the Senate.

“We are alerting members of the public to the antics of these desperate politicians which may result in the  breach of public peace, order and health. Dr. Saraki is a peace-loving and law abiding politician”.