Yekini Nabeni, the Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) has accused the President of the Nigerian  Senate, Dr. Buokla Saraki of playing the role of a double agent in the party.

In a statement which he issued on Sunday, Nabena said Saraki was free to associate with whomsoever he chooses but challenged him to declare where he belongs in the current realignments going on in the APC.

Nabena stressed that Saraki had not learnt from his alleged betrayal of APC in 2015 when he emerged Senate President against the wishes of the party and through a process that denied the party its right to produce the Deputy Senate President.

While citing the departure of Saraki’s aides and close allies like Abubakar Baraje, his Chief of Staff, Hakeem Baba-Ahmed and others to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the spokesman maintained that the Senate President was the brain behind the breakaway faction of the party – the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC).

The statement read: “Saraki must declare now where he belongs, whether he is for APC or other political interests. He cannot serve God and mammon. He cannot play hide-and-seek. He cannot hide behind his fingers.

“Saraki has never hidden his sympathy for those who have launched a vicious attack on the APC, a party that gave both him and the nascent mudslingers the platform on which they ply their political careers.

“The APC is not averse to dissenting positions. But we reject deceit in every shade or form. We are also not unaware of the fact that Saraki is the brawn and the brains of the so-called Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC).

“It is clear that Saraki has not learnt any lessons from his initial betrayal of APC in 2015, when he traded off the party’s right to produce the deputy senate president for his selfish ambition of becoming the senate president.

”Politics is based on trust. Saraki has betrayed the trust reposed on him by the party. If he wants to leave APC, let him leave peacefully, and not try to destroy a house that gave him accommodation when he needed it most.

“His current attitude can only be the action of a traitor or a double agent.”