Details are merging on the circumstances surrounding the defection of the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, from the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Senator Saraki said to leave the APC was not a decision that he made lightly, stressing that he had waited for so long and did all that was humanly possible, even in the face of great provocation, ridicule and flagrant persecution, to give opportunity for peace, reconciliation and harmonious existence.

In a lengthy statement detailing his reasons for leaving, Senator Saraki mentioned that certain elements and forces within the APC had ensured that the minimum conditions for peace, cooperation, inclusion and a general sense of belonging did not exist within the party.

Saraki recalled that when he joined other politicians in 2014 to leave the PDP for the newly formed APC at the time, it was in a quest for justice, equity and inclusion; which the PDP then had deviated from.

But looking back four years after, the Kwara State-born politician said it was now evident that the PDP had learnt more from its defeat in the 2015 elections than the APC appeared to have learnt from its victory.

Senator Saraki said while presiding over the Senate as President and Chairman of the National Assembly, he had ensured that the tension between the arms of government did not escalate in such a way as to encumber Executive function or undermine the independence of the legislature.

Senator Saraki defected to the PDP with some of his allies, including the Governor of Kwara State, Abdulfatah Ahmed.

However; the fate of the National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Bolaji Abdulahi, who was also purported to have joined Senator Saraki to defect to PDP, remains unclear.

Reports’ emerging indicates that the National Working Committee of the APC was considering the expulsion of Senator Bukola Saraki before the Senate President announced his defection to PDP yesterday.

Part of steps already taken by the APC’s NWC to prepare the ground for Senator Saraki’s expulsion was the dissolution of the Kwara State Executive Committee of the party.

It was also gathered that the Senate President had been served a query yesterday over alleged anti-party activities, of which he was required to respond to within forty-eight hours.

According to report citing a resolution signed by the National Secretary of APC, Mai Maila Buni, Saraki was alleged to have breached Article Twenty-One of the APC Constitution and required to explain why disciplinary action should not to be taken against him.

The accusations against Senator Saraki include the delayed screening of nominees for appointments by President Muhammadu Buhari and allegedly sponsoring a public rally where his supporters urged him to decamp to PDP.