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Rumors of potential defections have swirled in recent weeks due to deteriorating relations between the executive and the legislature.
Buhari held closed-door meetings with the ambitious Saraki, who, although he is a member of the ruling party, believes to have Saraki's hand was seen in lawmakers' claims that the Security services were used by the government to target perceived political opponents.
Many of those under investigation or on corruption trials are members of the PDP. Saraki himself defected from the PDP to the APC before the last election.
Earlier this month, Saraki was laundered in Nigeria's Supreme Court of corruption charges, which he described as politically motivated. He said he was linked to a gang that carried out a violent armed robbery in April in his home state of Kwara.
Saraki on Monday called the invitation a "ploy" to stop mbad defection and said the police were used by the executive to conduct a "witch hunt" policy.
On Tuesday morning, police surrounded his house in Abuja, but he managed to get to parliament.
"Security Services Used to Settle Political Accounts" Cheta Nwanze, of SBM Intelligence, a Lagos-based consultancy firm
"Security forces have been sensitive to the will of the executive but what happened now is impunity on a level we do not have a military era. "
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