APC, PDP Factions Form Alliance To Produce Senate President

The PDP factions in the two chambers of
the National Assembly are reportedly
forming an alliance with some aggrieved
APC members to produce a speaker and a
senate president.
It has emerged that the People’s Democratic
Party (PDP) is planning to capitalise on the
failure of the All Progressives Congress
(APC) to reach a consensus on the zoning
of key offices in the incoming
administration.
Some APC members, had, in a crucial
meeting in Abuja on Thursday, April 23,
disagreed on the zoning of the Senate
President seat to the North-Central and
Deputy Senate President to the North-East,
as recommended by the party’s National
Working Committee.
Reports say the PDP factions in the two
chambers of theNational Assembly are
forming an alliance with the aggrieved APC
members to produce a speaker and a
senate president different from candidates
approved by the APC.
At the APC meeting, the office of the deputy
speaker was reportedly zoned to the South-
South.
A member of the alliance who spoke to
journalists anonymously said the caucus
will ensure that holders of the offices are not
choices of the APC leaders.
“Although we are not disputing the fact that
the APC should produce leaders of the
National Assembly, we will ensure that
those who will emerge are people we
prefer, not the choices of the APC leaders.
“By doing that, we will snatch the control of
the National Assembly from them, just as
the APC controlled the House through
Aminu Tambuwal,” the source said.
However, the APC National Publicity
Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, had in a
statement earlier this week dismissed the
reports of disagreement in the party over
zoning of offices. He described the claims as
‘products of hyperactive rumour mills’.