The Federal Government on Wednesday accused the Senate President, Bukola Saraki of always acting like a member of the opposition before officially decamping on Tuesday.
This was revealed by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed on Wednesday.
The minister said the defection of the Senate President from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) was a great relief to the party.
Mohammed while briefing State House correspondents after the weekly meeting of the Federal Executive Council (FEC), presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Villa, said Saraki had become the greatest obstacle to the government.
Mohammed, expressed doubt over the party membership of Saraki.
“I don’t think the government would have suffered more as regards the delay in passing the budget. The Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki has behaved all along as if he was a member of the opposition,” he said.
The minister said APC stands to lose nothing with the defection of Saraki and his loyalists adding that the party in his native Kwara State will grow stronger with the exit.
He also said the leadership of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in the state have also defected to APC “demonstrating their rejection of Mr Saraki’s return to their party”.