Ahead of the inauguration of the 8th Senate, 64
current and senators-elect yesterday had a
meeting at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja, to
endorse the former Kwara State governor,
Senator Bukola Saraki, for the post of Senate
president.
Quoting a source at the meeting,The senators
who are backing Saraki had decided to throw
their weight behind the former Kwara State
governor, because they want a “ Senate
president who is a product of the members
and not imposed by a godfather .”
The insider noted that those present at the
meeting comprised 19 senators elected on the
platform of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP,
and 45 from the APC.It was gathered that
senators present at the meeting include: Senators
Muhammad Adamu Aliero, Danjuma Goje, Andy
Uba, Mohammed Ali Ndume, Gilbert Nnaji, Dino
Melaye and Isiaka Adeleke, who are new to the
senate, the three senators representing Delta State
and two from Edo State, among others.
The resolve of the senators is aimed at thwarting
attempts by the APC to zone the Senate
presidency to the North-East geopolitical zone,
and efforts by the National Leader of the party,
Bola Tinubu, to foist Senator Ahmed Lawan, his
preferred candidate from Yobe State, as Senate
President.
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