Strong indications emerged, yesterday, that Senate
President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, was prepared to bow to the position of All
Progressives Congress, APC, by sacrificing his principal officers.
According
to a source, part of the unwritten agreement to allow peace to reign
was to revert to the initial list of the party on the appointment of
principal officers.
This was part of the political solution being worked out by the
Speaker of House of Representatives, Mr. Yakubu Dogara, and Senate
President, Saraki.
A source said Dogara and the leadership of APC in the Senate held a
marathon meeting at the new wing of the Senate complex yesterday
evening, where it was agreed that the current holders of the Majority
Leadership positions should give way to those anointed by the party.
The source noted that Saraki had been under pressure to intimate his
supporters in the Senate, including Senate Leader, Ali Ndume; his
Deputy, Bala Ibn Na’allah, and Deputy Majority Whip, Senator Francis
Alimikhena, on the need to toe the party’s line as regards the
composition of Senate Majority Leadership.
According to a source, the Senate President had communicated Ndume
and Na’Allah about the decision of the party on the need for them to
vacate the offices.
It was also gathered that Senator Ahmad Lawan had been informed of
the readiness of the Senate President to announce him as the new Senate
Leader.
It will be recalled that the National Chairman of APC, Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun, had on June 24 written the Senate President and Speaker
Dogara, listing the names of proposed occupants of the leadership
positions.
While Dogara kept faith with the party’s list, Saraki’s allies in the
Senate named different persons, whose names were announced on the floor
of the Senate in July.
Source:Vanguard
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