Saraki replies Abdullahi Adamu: You are a mischievous liar

Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki yesterday described Senator Abdullahi Adamu (APC Nasarawa West) as a mischievous liar and hypocrite of the highest order.
This is even as the number three citizen threatened to expose allegedhidden hatred Senator Adamu has against President MuhammaduBuhari as reportedly revealed in March last year when he accompanied him to Morocco.
Saraki’s missile against Senator Adamu was contained in a statement issued to that effect by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Yusuph Olaniyonu in reaction to the senator’s claim that Saraki in a private chat once described Senator Dino Melaye to him as a clown in the senate.
According to him, Adamu is a compulsive liar and an unreliable man who would do or say anything to suit his situation at any point in time.
He stated that the senator from Nasarawa state has been peddling insults and lies about him but that he has so far ignored him out of respect for his age, adding that he needed to be exposed on his latest attempt to pitch him against Senator Melaye whose three years contributions in the senate far exceeded the close to eight years already spent in the upper legislative chamber by the septuagenariansenator.
The statement reads in part : “I have deliberately ignored the antics of senator Abdullahi Adamu, especially his constant media attack on me and the senate since the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) dusted his file on alleged case of corruption and also went ahead to arraign his son in court.
So far, I had refrained from responding in kind out of respect for his age.
“However, it seems he has misread my maturity and respect for docility.
He feels the best way to play his selfsurvival game and ingratiate himself to the government in order to save his skin is for him to be seen to be fighting Saraki, even if that would require him to tell brazen lies and peddle mischief in his old age.
“Specifically, I feel his latest statement in an interview with a national newspaper deserves a reaction from me.
First, I could not have referred to my colleague, Senator Dino Melaye as a clown, knowing that from available records, Senator Melaye has so far outshined and has performed better than Senator Abdullahi in terms of the number of bills sponsored, motions raised and contributions to debate on the floor.
Clearly, Adamu’s seven years cannot be compared to Senator Melaye’s three years.
Senator Adamu is free to challenge thisassertion by showing his records.
“Again, I restate that Senator Adamu is a deceptive, manipulative and desperate liar.
He only says what suits him as the occasion demands.
Iurge people to check his contributions on the floor before the EFCC moved against him and his son and they will see that this is a latter day, selfish supporter of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“We know what he was saying about the President and his administration and what should happen in 2019 before then during discussions with our colleagues, particularly the former governors in the senate.
I specifically recall some statements he made on the President and his administration during an official trip we made together to Morocco in March last year.
At the appropriate time, we will give more details.
“Senator Abdullahi’s statements should not be relied upon.
He is a deceitful fellow who says what suits the situation that he finds himself.
So, it is now he knows the senate has a bad leadership after three years? “Well, since Senator Abdullahi Adamu became the attack dog of the executive in the senate, using language unbecoming of a man of his age against me and other colleagues who he perceived he needs to disparage to reassure his handlers in the Presidency, I have realized that he simply deserves our sympathies.
I am sure those he thinks he is working for know he is a man who is only useful for the present moment.”