I told him (Buhari) right to his face [to] outrightly reject that extension because the members of the party, we are outrightly opposed to it. - Sen. Shehu Sani

ESenator Shehu Sani (APC-Kaduna Central) has thrown his support behind President
Muhammadu Buhari’s stand against the tenure extension granted the party’s elected officials.

Speaking on an interview on Channels TV, Sani said the president’s intervention has saved the party.
He said: “The intervention of the President, if it was not done, it would have been disastrous for the party. I feel highly relieved.
“So, in every sense of the word, it has saved the party from what would have consumed it at the end of the day.
“If we went ahead with that tenure elongation, and someone from the opposition party goes to court after all the processes of congresses and primaries has been done, the point is that we
may end up without a governorship or
presidential candidate and without a candidate at all the legislative arm of government.

“On my part, I told him (Buhari) right to his
face that as a man who has seen it all, who has achieved so much as a public officer, he should outrightly reject that extension because the members of the party, we are outrightly opposed to it.
“What happened is that there were people who misled the President, misled the party and are trying to use that extension for them to achieve their own end,” he said.

Source:  Oladapo Okeowo