Sen. Lawan’s group speaks on plan to keep Buhari in office beyond 2023

The Spokesman of the Senator Ahmad Lawan For Senate President Group, Senator Aliyu Sabi Abdullahi, has made the group’s position known on the news making the rounds that if Lawan is elected as Senate President, he will amend the constitution to allow President Muhammadu Buhari stay in office beyond 2023.

Abdullahi, in his reaction to the story, described it as a desperate plot concocted by “evil and desperate politicians” bent on frustrating the emergence of Lawan as Senate president in the ninth National Assembly.

Abdullahi in a statement on Wednesday said: “This is just a very desperate attempt by detractors and some politicians who want to taint the good image of the Senate Leader, and the future Senate President, Senator Ahmad Lawan.

“The President made it clear that he wants to retire quietly to his home, on the basis of which he is going to work very hard these four years since Nigerians have given him this opportunity, to leave a lasting legacy behind.

“The President’s statement clearly shows that he is a full democrat who knows that our constitution only provides for second term which he has gotten, and for which he is grateful to Nigerians.

“Therefore, to come back to say that Senator Ahmad Lawan will amend the constitution to keep him in office beyond 2023 is just the height of evil thinking and bad politics taken too far.

“The public should discountenance that and focus on supporting a very genuine and transparent process that will lead to the emergence of our own choice leaders as Senators-elect when the 9th Senate unveils