Ex Senate President, Bukola Saraki has said that Labour Party has no candidates to fill up the parliamentary seats if Peter Obi is elected as President in 2023 and as such his government would not be able to function properly.
on Monday, January 16, 2022, Saraki who was featured as a guest on Arise TV , said Labour Party win in the 2023 presidential election will not go well because it does not have candidates to fill up the parliamentary seats.
He went on to say if Obi is elected President without having the majority in the National Assembly, his administration will be fraught by conflict because of breakdown of relationship between the two arms of government.
According to him, “Don’t forget that in Nigeria, we run a presidential system of government. When you go to the ballot box on the day of elections, you are voting for a party.
“A party where from day 1, you don’t have candidates for the parliamentary seats, already there is a recipe for disaster because you know that the executive and the legislature are not going to have the majority”.
Saraki who was a frontrunner at the People Democratic Party (PDP) special convention held in Abuja on May 28 and 29, failed to clinch the presidential ticket of the party.
Former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar scored 371 votes to emerge as the party presidential flag bearer, defeating Governor of Rivers state, Nyesom Wike who record 237 votes, saraki coming in the third position, pulling 70 votes, defeating Udom Emmanuel, Ayo Fayose, Bala Mohammed, among others.
