This is coming on the heels of the rumour that the former Senate President, may be drafted to take up the mantle of leadership of the PDP in what political analysts termed “these confusing times in the party.”

 

But in a statement on Wednesday morning, Onaiwu, a former Director General of the Saraki Campaign Organisation and former Director General of the Nigerian Governors Forum, NGF, said Sen. Bukola Saraki was grateful for the love shown him by PDP faithful across the country who are clamoring that he should help return the party to its former leadership role in the country.

 

Part of the statement reads, “Dr. Saraki for now, is more interested in the stability and peace of the country. He is also busy attending to family matters with an aged mother to look after.”

 

Onaiwu stated that the “former Kwara State governor, has been playing in the background and has been holding the party together since after the general elections earlier in the year. There are other former presidential aspirants that can become chairman. I can tell you on good authority that the issue is not an option for Saraki.”

 

“Dr. Saraki is a utility player who has been holding the party together through several interventions. We believe he can still be playing deep in the party’s affairs without being the chairman,” Onaiwu said.