Senators who stayed away from Tuesday’s
inauguration of the national assembly have finally
been sworn in by the new senate president,
Bukola Saraki.
There was drama when Remi, wife of Bola
Tinubu, refused to shake hands with Saraki
after her swearing-in on Wednesday
morning, leaving his hand hanging and
muttering some words to the senate
president in a low tone.
Saraki had on Tuesday outwitted Tinubu-backed
candidate, Ahmad Lawan, in the race for the
nation’s No. 3 position.
However, other newly sworn-in senators shook
hands with the senate president.
They were all absent at the inauguration as the
ruling party had called for an emergency meeting
simultaneously and could not be sworn in as
required by law before they could take their seats
in the red chamber.
Lawan, who was the preferred APC candidate,
and George Akume, who was the preferred
deputy, were both sworn in on Wednesday
morning.
Twenty-six other senators-elect were also sworn
in.
Some of them include APC senators Abdullahi
Adamu (Nasarawa) Bukar Abba Ibrahim (Yobe),
Gbenga Ashafa (Lagos), Olusola Adeyeye (Osun),
Isiaka Adeleke (Osun), and Shehu Sani (Kaduna).
The senate thereafter went into a closed-session
at 10:58 am.
APC had, in a press statement on Tuesday
evening, instructed the absentee senators to
report for the traditional swearing-in.
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