APC Seeking Postponement Of National Assembly Leadership
Elections To Enable Buhari’s Intervention
Faced with a looming crisis in securing the selection of its favored
candidates for leadership posts at the Senate and House of
Representatives, officials of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are
weighing measures to force the incoming class of National Assembly
members to postpone their convening beyond Wednesday.
Mr. Buhari is expected back in Abuja on Thursday night after
attending the ongoing G7 meeting in Germany.
Some APC lawmakers led by for former Governor Bukola Saraki of
Kwara State have reportedly reached an alliance with People’s
Democratic Party lawmakers overnight to present a PDP candidate as
President of the Senate. Immediate past Senate President, David Mark,
was named as the likely beneficiary of Mr. Saraki’s revolt.
Former Governor Saraki is reportedly irate that he was schemed out of
the APC’s nomination for the Senate Presidency. Last Saturday, the
party bypassed the former governor amid concerns that he could not
be totally relied upon to lead an effective and cooperative Senate that
would give President Buhari reliable legislative backing. Instead, the
APC adopted Senator Ahmed Ibrahim Lawan from Nigeria’s northeast
state of Yobe as its candidate for the Senate Presidency.
SaharaReporters learnt that President Buhari had expressed serious
concerns to some associates that a Nigerian Senate led by Mr. Saraki
would not lend him the necessary legislative backing to wage a major
war against corruption.
Mr. Saraki carries a lot of corruption baggage, dating back to his days
as an executive of the defunct Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria, and
continuing with his tenure as Kwara State governor.
SaharaReporters also learned that another group of lawmakers in the
House of Representatives were also upset with the APC’s choice of
Lagos legislator, Femi Gbajabiamila, as the party’s sole candidate for
Speaker. Yakubu Dogara, an aspirant for the speakership who hails
from Bauchi State, leads the disaffected legislators opposed to Mr.
Gbajabiamila. An APC executive told SaharaReporters that some party leaders consider Mr. Saraki as the wrecking ball who must be subdued to
ensure that the party does not lose the leadership of the Senate.
In the midst of the internal squabble within the APC, SaharaReporters
learnt that former Senate President David Mark has been mobilizing
disgruntled APC senators to back him for a third term in the premier
post at the Senate. Another source disclosed that several PDP
senators were demanding outrageous sums of money from APC
leaders in exchange for casting their votes for candidates favored by
the party.
source:: http://saharareporters.com/2015/06/08/apc-seeking-postponement-national-assembly-leadership-elections-enable-buhari’s

hehehehehehehehehehe.

the party structure has been fractured just in the first month.

how many factions are they now and how many more will they have

I Hope APC will last for 16 years like PDP with this crisis

This is d begining of APC downfall. Saraki rock d boat

No cause for alarm, everything is under control, na so Saraki shout for media at the end of the day he don take him normal spot, David mark would be an ordinary floor member when the senate resumes as long as Jagaban never die. So all the rejoicing Tanmites will all end up like juventus.

Lets see how everything plays in tomorrow, but with pdp support, I tip anti-APC lawmakers to win.

We need an independent national assembly. PDP senators should support Saraki and shun greed in the form of nursing any hatch plan of fielding a candidate in the event of a fractured APC in the upper chamber. I see a no Lawan as the senate president tomorrow or any other day but can!t say same for the reps.. Gbaja may just carry the day..

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Tuesday is tomorrow!