PDP senators stand behind Saraki as Senate president despite disagreement with APC senators

Senator Gershom Bassey (PDP) said Friday that the PDP senators still have full confidence in Bukola Saraki as Senate president despite the disagreement with the APC senators following the confirmation of Rotimi Amaechi on Thursday.

"We have had two votes of confidence on him and they stand,'' Bassey said in an interview with NAN on Friday. ''He has the confidence of the Senate and there is absolutely no problem. In spite of the disagreement between the APC and PDP senators, nothing has changed. In democracy, people must have different points of view and we must express those points of view. The Senate is a vibrant one that has a lot of vibrant debates; the Senate is not a football team that we all have to play in the same direction.''

Also speaking, Senator George Sekibo who submitted the petition against Amaechi to the Senate maintained that PDP senators were still behind Saraki.

On Thursday October 29 2015, the  PDP senators had staged a walk out to protest the confirmation of the former Rivers Governor Rotimi Amaechi's ministerial nomination following the petition of corruption against him by the Port Harcourt based Integrity group.