Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, Wednesday, disclosed that the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, and the Clerk of the National Assembly, Salisu Maikasuwa knew about the President’s meeting with All Progressives Congress lawmakers before the Senate was inaugurated.

Shehu during a programme on Channels Television said “President Buhari had planned to be there (at the meeting) to show support for the party but once the process had begun, the point had been lost. He said the reason the President did not honour the meeting with the lawmakers who were present at the International Conference Centre (ICC) as he requested was because the other lawmakers were already at the Senate chambers, conducting the election which made any pre-arranged meeting unnecessary.

“Senator Saraki directly or indirectly and the clerk of the National Assembly were reached directly or indirectly and they would have shown that respect to Mr. President, but the process went ahead. And that is it.