Out of patriotism and willingness to ensure that Nigerians get the dividend of democracy, the Senate president has pleaded with his party to allow the senators choose their principal officers according their rules.
However, the All Progressives Congress choice for
the post of Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, seems to have lost out as the
North-East caucus of the party in the Senate has picked Senator Ali
Ndume for the post which is line with house rules. But the Senator representing Osun
Central Senatorial District, Olusola Adeyeye, was unanimously
endorsed by the South-West caucus as the chief whip .The need to have a senator from the
South-South among the principal officers of the upper chamber of the
National Assembly, also threw up Francis Alimikhena as the deputy
Whip. But the APC national leadership had nominated the Senator representing Katsina South, Abu Ibrahim, as the deputy whip. "Before these emerged members of the
House of Representatives from the North-Central had protested against
the “purported” sharing of the principal offices in the House by the APC
to the exclusion of their zone". Adeyeye’s
name was on the list of principal officers approved by the APC
leadership as contained in a letter addressed to the Senate President,
Bukola Saraki.
The letter was signed by the National Chairman of the party, John Odigie Oyegun, on Tuesday.
Unique54.com gathered that no
dissenting voice was recorded at the meeting of the South-West caucus
when the issue was discussed on Tuesday afternoon. It was also learnt that the Senators
from the South-West, at their meeting with the National Leader of the
APC, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, on Tuesday night, agreed to make Adeyeye
their representative. The question is, is there a fight between powerful individuals from North and Powerful individuals from the South West whose wish is to control the Party - APC " Only Time Will Tell "!
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