Saraki: Me, return to PDP? Never

Senate President, Bukola Saraki, has told those peddling the rumour of his impending return to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) to perish the thought.
Saraki, who was elected as Senate President on Tuesday on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), said he left the PDP while it was the ruling party and it would be foolhardy for him to return to it as opposition party.
Saraki also described President Muhammadu Buhari’s reaction to Tuesday’s election of National Assembly leaders as a “great mark of leadership” and a demonstration of the President’s commitment to democracy.
In a statement by his media office on Wednesday, Saraki praised Buhari for remaining steadfast in his commitment to the principle of non-interference in National Assembly politics, even in the face of great pressure on him to act otherwise.
“This shows that Mr. President is a man of great conviction who, in his own words, belong to everyone and to no one” .
On insinuations that he is planning to defect to the PDP, he said: “It is just cheap blackmail by political adversaries who want to call a dog a bad name in order to hang it. And those making such desperate allegations should remember that I willingly left the PDP on matters of principles when the party was in power. Is it now that the party is out of government and in opposition that I will now return having worked so hard for my party in the last general elections?”
He affirmed his commitment to the APC, saying he remains a loyal party member and a leader of the party, committed to contributing his quota to building the party and helping it to deliver its promise of change to Nigerians.