Senator representing Akwa Ibom North West, Senator Godswill Akpabio, have advised the Senate President, Senator Bukola Saraki, to step down rather than been forced out.
He made this known in a press contacted Wednesday's plenary in Abuja, the nation's capital.
He insisted that it was a norm the world over that when a lawmaker resigns from his former political party, he relinquishes his office to allow the majority party form their leadership.
He said, Saraki should borrow a leaf from him as a former minority leader, saying he honourably resigned the position when he defected from PDP to APC to pave way for PDP to elect their minority leader.
“It’s a tradition all over the world that when you defected to another party even as a Senate President like Saraki did, to resign from the office of the Senate President.
“APC is still the majority party and they need to form a new leadership. The Senate President should honourably resign just like I did,” Akpabio insisted.